142As to whether the rules of law thus breached by the Commission confer rights on individuals, it must be borne in mind that, in order to ensure the practical effect of that condition, it is necessary that the protection afforded by the rule relied on is effective as regards the person who relies on it and, therefore, that that person is among those on whom the rule in question confers rights. A rule that does not protect the person concerned against the illegality which he pleads, but another person, cannot be accepted as a source of compensation (judgment of 12 September 2007, Nikolaou v Commission, T‑259/03, not published, EU:T:2007:254, paragraph 44).