Judgment_paragraph 72 · Ante Šumelj and Others v European Commission (T-546/13, T-108/14, T-109/14)

72It is settled case-law that the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations is a general principle of EU law which confers rights on individuals (judgments of 19 May 1992 in Mulder and Others v Council and Commission, C‑104/89 and C‑37/90, ECR, EU:C:1992:217, paragraph 15, and of 6 December 2001 in Emesa Sugar v Council, T‑43/98, ECR, EU:T:2001:279, paragraph 64). Breach of that principle may therefore render the European Union liable (see judgment in SPM v Council and Commission, cited in paragraph 42 above, EU:T:2008:494, paragraph 146 and the case-law cited).