Judgment_paragraph 75 · Alessandro Accorinti and Others v European Central Bank (T-79/13)

75The Court has repeatedly held that the right to rely on the principle of the protection of legitimate expectation extends to any person in a situation where an EU authority has caused him or her to have justified expectations. Nevertheless, the right to rely on that principle requires that three conditions be satisfied cumulatively. First, precise, unconditional and consistent assurances originating from authorised and reliable sources must have been given to the person concerned by the EU 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 be consistent with the applicable rules (see, to that effect, judgments of 17 March 2011 in AJD Tuna, C‑221/09, ECR, EU:C:2011:153, paragraphs 71 and 72; of 14 March 2013 in Agrargenossenschaft Neuzelle, C‑545/11, ECR, EU:C:2013:169, paragraphs 23 to 25 and the case-law cited; of 18 June 2010 in Luxembourg v Commission, T‑549/08, ECR, EU:T:2010:244, paragraph 71; and of 27 September 2012 in Applied Microengineering v Commission, T‑387/09, ECR, EU:T:2012:501, paragraphs 57 and 58 and the case-law cited).