Another point worth highlighting is that, according to the ECJ, by disapplying the statutes of limitations periods, the referring court would not breach the principle of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege), as enshrined in Article 49 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights («Charter»). (europeanlawblog.eu)
Its fault lay in the false antithesis — aut poena aut satisfactio. (religion-online.org)
Augustine tempered this judgement by having recourse to a «mitissima poena» — the mildest condemnation. (faith.org.uk)