Judgment_paragraph 79 · Europa Way Srl and Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni and Others (C-560/15)

79According to settled case-law of the Court, the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations is one of the fundamental principles of the European Union (judgment of 14 March 2013, Agrargenossenschaft Neuzelle, C‑545/11, EU:C:2013:169, paragraph 23 and the case-law cited) and must be observed not only by the EU institutions, but also by Member States in the exercise of the powers conferred on them under EU directives (judgment of 9 July 2015, Salomie and Oltean, C‑183/14, EU:C:2015:454, paragraph 30 and the case-law cited).