Judgment_paragraph 32 · Aguy Clement Georgias and Others v Council of the European Union and European Commission (T-168/12)

32It must also be recalled that, according to settled case-law, an action for damages under the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU is an autonomous form of action with a particular purpose to fulfil within the system of actions, and that its exercise is subject to conditions imposed in view of its specific objective. It differs from an action for annulment in that its end is not the abolition of a particular measure but compensation for damage caused by an institution (see Case T-47/02 Danzer v Council [2006] ECR II-1779, paragraph 27 and case-law cited).