113It must first be borne in mind that it is settled case-law that, in order for the Community to incur non-contractual liability under the second paragraph of Article 288 EC for unlawful conduct of its institutions, a number of conditions must be satisfied: the institution's conduct must be unlawful, actual damage must have been suffered and there must be a causal link between the conduct and the damage pleaded (Case 26/81 Oleifici Mediterranei v EEC [1982] ECR 3057, paragraph 16, and Case T-383/00 Beamglow v Parliament and Others [2005] ECR II-5459, paragraph 95).
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