192Finally, the applicant may not base any argument on the existence of allegedly similar measures in other Member States. It must be stated, first, that those measures are found in distinct legislative frameworks, next, that there is nothing in the file to suggest that the Commission had given any assurances as to the legality of such measures within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU and, finally, that such a circumstance may not be validly invoked by the applicant, since, in any event, the principle of equal treatment must be reconciled with the principle of legality, according to which no one may rely, to his own benefit, on an unlawful act committed in favour of another (judgments of 14 May 1998 in SCA Holding v Commission, T‑327/94, ECR, EU:T:1998:96, paragraph 160, and in Mayr-Melnhof v Commission, T‑347/94, ECR, EU:T:1998:101, paragraph 334; and judgment of 20 March 2002 in LR AF 1998 v Commission, T‑23/99, ECR, EU:T:2002:75, paragraph 367).
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