24However, even on the assumption that such a document may be seen as a framework or communication from which the Commission in principle cannot depart without being found, where appropriate, to be in breach of general principles of law such as equal treatment or the protection of legitimate expectations (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 March 2016, Greece v Commission, C‑431/14 P, EU:C:2016:145, paragraph 69 and the case-law cited), the Commission cannot in any event, by those instruments, improperly reduce the scope of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU by providing for that provision to be applied in a manner that is incompatible with what has been stated in paragraph 20 of the present judgment (see, to that effect, judgment of 11 September 2008, Germany and Others v Kronofrance, C‑75/05 P and C‑80/05 P, EU:C:2008:482, paragraph 65).
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