40The Court has consistently interpreted the second paragraph of Article 288 EC as meaning that the non-contractual liability of the Community and the exercise of the right to compensation for damage suffered depend on the satisfaction of a number of conditions, relating to the unlawfulness of the conduct of which the institutions are accused, the fact of damage and the existence of a causal link between that conduct and the damage complained of (see, among others, Case 26/81 Oleifici Mediterranei v EEC [1982] ECR 3057, paragraph 16; Case C-146/91 KYDEP v Council and Commission [1994] ECR I-4199, paragraph 19; and Joined Cases C-120/06 P and C-121/06 P FIAMM and Others v Council and Commission [2008] ECR I-6513, paragraph 106).
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