245As regards the alleged violation of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations, it has consistently been held that any individual whom an institution of the European Union has led to entertain legitimate expectations by giving him or her precise assurances may rely on that principle (judgment of 11 March 1987, Van den Bergh en Jurgens and Van Dijk Food Products (Lopik) v EEC, 265/85, EU:C:1987:121, paragraph 44; see also judgment of 8 September 2010, Deltafina v Commission, T‑29/05, EU:T:2010:355, paragraph 427 and the case-law cited).