101Consequently, the Commission cannot approve expenditure from the EU budget without a legal basis; otherwise it will breach those principles established by the TFEU. In the context of a grant, it is the grant agreement that governs the conditions for the allocation and use of that grant and, more particularly, the clauses relating to the determination of the amount of that grant on the basis of the costs declared by the party contracting with the Commission (judgment of 28 February 2019, Alfamicro v Commission, C‑14/18 P, EU:C:2019:159, paragraph 66).
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