91It is settled case-law that the right to rely on the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations extends to any person with regard to whom an institution of the European Union has given rise to justified hopes (see Van den Bergh en Jurgens and Van Dijk Food Products (Lopik) v EEC, 265/85, ECR, EU:C:1987:121, paragraph 44 and cited case-law). Three conditions must be satisfied in order for a claim to entitlement to the protection of legitimate expectations to be well founded. First, precise, unconditional and consistent assurances originating from authorised and reliable sources must have been given to the person concerned by the Union authorities. Second, those assurances must be such as to give rise to a legitimate expectation on the part of the person to whom they are addressed. Third, the assurances given must comply with the applicable rules (see Branco v Commission, T‑347/03, ECR, EU:T:2005:265, paragraph 102 and cited case-law; Cementbouw Handel & Industrie v Commission, T‑282/02, ECR, EU:T:2006:64, paragraph 77; and CPEM v Commission, T‑444/07, ECR, EU:T:2009:227, paragraph 126).
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