39With regard to the claims for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicants, the Court of First Instance held as follows:106 It is settled case-law that, in order for the Community to incur noncontractual liability, a number of conditions must be satisfied concerning the illegality of the conduct alleged against the Community institutions, the fact of the damage and the existence of a causal link between that conduct and the damage complained of (Case C-87/89 Sonito and Others v Commission [1990] ECR I-1981, paragraph 16; Case T-13/96 TEAM v Commission [1998] ECR II-4073, paragraph 68).107 Since one of the conditions governing the Community's non-contractual liability is not satisfied, the application must be dismissed in its entirety without its being necessary to examine the other preconditions for such liability (Case C-146/91 KYDEP v Council and Commission [1994] ECR I-4199, paragraph 81).108 In the present case, it is clear that the condition relating to the causal link is not satisfied. In Case T-93/00, the cause of the damage alleged relates to the fact that the applicants were unable to find suppliers willing to supply them with ACP bananas in the fourth quarter of 1999. In Case T-46/01, the lost earnings complained of by the applicants [are] directly attributable to their lack of diligence. They did not apply for import licences for ACP bananas for the fourth quarter of 2000 in conformity with Regulation No 1971/2000 once the quantity of third-country bananas was exhausted. In addition, despite the problems encountered during the fourth quarter of 1999, they did not seek to foster contacts with suppliers of ACP bananas in 2000 so as to be able to obtain banana supplies in the fourth quarter of that year.109 Since one of the conditions for the Community to incur non-contractual liability has not been satisfied, the claims for compensation must be dismissed in Case T-93/00 and Case T-46/01.’
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