… The third alleges that the investigation was biased.
- Preliminary observations
99
Article
41(1) of the
Charter
of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the
Charter
’), enshrines the right to good administration and provides that every person has the right to have his or her affairs handled
impartially
, fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union. …
… In particular, it sent to Qualcomm (i) a request for information dated 7 June 2010, adopted pursuant to
Article
18(1) and (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in
Articles
[101 and 102 TFEU] (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1), (ii) a request for information dated 3 November 2011, adopted pursuant to
Article
18(3) of that regulation, (iii) a request for information dated 10 July 2013, adopted pursuant to
Article
18(3) of that regulation …
… The Explanations relating to the
Charter
, published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 14 December 2007 (OJ 2007 C 303, p. 17), state that that
article
is based on the existence of the European Union as subject to the rule of law whose characteristics were developed in the case-law which enshrined good administration as a general principle of law (judgment of 13 December 2018, Transavia Airlines v Commission, T-591/15, EU:T:2018:946, paragraph 37 (not published)).
100 According to the …