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.
Albeit
worded
in
a
somewhat
restrictive
way
,
the
subjective
element
was
emphasised
by
the
General
Court
of
the
European
Union
in
its
judgment
of
17
May
2013
in
Joined
Cases
T-147/09
and
T-148/09
,
Trelleborg
Industrie
SAS
and
Trelleborg
AB
v.
European
Commission
,
paragraphs
56
-
63
,
83
,
88
and
89
,
according
to
which
the
Commission
may
assume
that
the
infringement
of
EU
law
or
the
participation
of
an
undertaking
in
the
infringement
of
EU
law
is
a
continuous
offence
provided
that
the
various
actions
which
form
part
of
the
infringement
pursue
a
“
single
purpose
”
.
Such
a
finding
must
be
supported
by
objective
and
consistent
indicia
showing
that
an
“
overall
plan
”
exists
.
If
those
conditions
are
satisfied
,
the
concept
of
continuous
infringement
therefore
allows
the
Commission
to
impose
a
fine
in
respect
of
the
whole
of
the
period
of
infringement
taken
into
consideration
and
establishes
the
date
on
which
the
limitation
period
begins
to
run
,
namely
the
date
on
which
the
continuous
infringement
ceased
.
The
General
Court
has
not
demonstrated
that
administrative
infringements
warrant
a
stricter
approach
to
the
concept
of
a
continuous
offence
than
the
one
prevailing
in
criminal
law
.
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