Judgment_paragraph 65 · Alessandro Accorinti and Others v European Central Bank (T-79/13)

65According to settled case-law, applicable mutatis mutandis to the non-contractual liability of the ECB provided for in the third paragraph of Article 340 TFEU, the European Union’s non-contractual liability under the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU for the unlawful conduct of its institutions or bodies is subject to the satisfaction of a set of conditions of a cumulative nature, namely the unlawfulness of the conduct alleged against the EU institution or body, the fact of damage and the existence of a causal link between the alleged conduct and the damage complained of (see judgments of 9 November 2006 in Agraz and Others v Commission, C‑243/05 P, ECR, EU:C:2006:708, paragraph 26 and the case-law cited, and in Arcelor v Parliament and Council, cited in paragraph 53 above, EU:T:2010:54, paragraph 139 and the case-law cited).