Judgment_paragraph 25 · Commission of the European Communities v Fresh Marine Company A/S (C-472/00 P)

25According to settled case-law, Community law confers a right to reparation where three conditions are met: the rule of law infringed must be intended to confer rights on individuals; the breach must be sufficiently serious; and there must be a direct causal link between the breach of the obligation resting on the author of the act and the damage sustained by the injured parties (see Brasserie du Pêcheur and Factortame, paragraph 51, Bergaderm and Goupil, paragraphs 41 and 42, and Commission v Camar and Tico, paragraph 53).