32Indeed, according to the case-law, the action for damages was established as an autonomous form of action with a particular purpose to fulfil within the system of legal remedies and its exercise is subject to conditions dictated by its specific object (Joined Cases 197/80 to 200/80, 243/80, 245/80 and 247/80 Ludwigshafener Walzmühle Erling and Others v Council and Commission [1981] ECR 3211, paragraph 4; see also, to this effect, Case 175/84 Krohn Import-Export v Commission [1986] ECR 753, paragraph 32). Whereas actions for annulment and for failure to act seek a declaration that a legally binding measure is unlawful or that such a measure has not been taken, an action for damages seeks compensation for damage resulting from a measure or from unlawful conduct, attributable to an institution (Joined Cases T-3/00 and T-337/04 Pitsiorlas v Council and ECB [2007] ECR II-4779, paragraph 283). So, it is not the purpose of an action for damages to make good damage caused by all unlawfulness (Case T-429/05 Artegodan v Commission [2010] ECR II-491, paragraph 51).
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