90That being so, having regard to the fact that the Commission’s obligation to repay a fine annulled in whole or in part by a Court of the European Union together with interest stems from the first paragraph of Article 266 TFEU, any new method or mechanism for calculating that interest must comply with the objectives pursued by such interest. Consequently, the rate applicable to that interest cannot be limited to compensating for the depreciation in the value of money which occurred during the period in respect of which interest must be paid, without covering the compensation at a standard rate to which the undertaking that paid that fine is entitled by reason of the fact that it was deprived for a certain period of time of the use of the funds corresponding to the amount unduly collected by the Commission.
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