31In that connection, it must be borne in mind that, according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations may be invoked as against Community rules only to the extent that the Community itself has previously created a situation which could give rise to a legitimate expectation (see Case C-22/94 Irish Farmers Association and Others [1997] ECR I-1809, paragraph 19, and Case C-107/97 Rombi and Arkopharma [2000] ECR I-3367, paragraph 67).
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