124As a preliminary point, it must be noted that, as Air Canada correctly submits, by the judgments of 30 March 2022, Japan Airlines v Commission (T‑340/17, EU:T:2022:181), of 30 March 2022, Cathay Pacific Airways v Commission (T‑343/17, EU:T:2022:184), and of 30 March 2022, Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo v Commission (T‑344/17, EU:T:2022:185), relating to the same cartel and delivered on the same day as the judgment under appeal, the General Court, before which air carriers brought actions for annulment based on the limitation period for the Commission’s powers to impose penalties in respect of the unlawful conduct relating to the intra-EEA and EU-Switzerland routes, held that the Commission had failed to observe the limitation period laid down in Article 25 of Regulation No 1/2003 by adopting, on 17 March 2017, a decision imposing penalties on the air carriers concerned for that unlawful conduct.
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