139In this connection it must be observed that, in general, the retroactive withdrawal of a legal measure which has conferred individual rights or similar benefits is contrary to the general principles of law (see the judgments in Joined Cases 7/56 and 3/57 to 7/57 Algera and Others v Common Assembly of the ECSC [1957] ECR 81, 115; Case 159/82 Verli-Wallace v Commission [1983] ECR 2711, paragraph 8; Case T-123/89 Chomel v Commission [1990] ECR II-131, paragraph 34, and Case T-197/99 Gooch v Commission [2000] ECRSC I-A-271 and II-1247, paragraph 53).
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