145Firstly, it follows from the settled case-law of the Court that, in order for the non-contractual liability of the European Union to be capable of being incurred in a given case, it is necessary, among other conditions, for the person seeking compensation for the loss or harm which he or she considers to have suffered as a result of conduct or an act of the European Union establishes the existence of a breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals (judgments of 4 July 2000, Bergaderm and Goupil v Commission, C‑352/98 P, EU:C:2000:361, paragraphs 41 and 42, and of 4 April 2017, Ombudsman v Staelen, C‑337/15 P, EU:C:2017:256, paragraph 31).
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