… In the determination of his civil rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an
independent
and
impartial
tribunal
established
by
law
, in accordance with Article 47 of the Charter and Article 6 ECHR (see, to that effect, judgments of 16 July 2009, Der Grüne Punkt - Duales System Deutschland v Commission, C-385/07 P, EU:C:2009:456, paragraphs 177 to 179, and of 5 June 2012, Imperial Chemical Industries …
… In their view, the fact that the period taken to adopt that decision amounted to almost 19 years and concerned conduct which, in some cases, had taken place more than 30 years ago means that that period is contrary to the reasonable time principle.
204 In that regard, it must be recalled that the obligation to conduct administrative procedures within a reasonable time is a general principle of
law
set forth, inter alia, in Article 41(1) of the Charter. …