Enhver har ret til erstatning fra Unionen for skader forvoldt af institutionerne eller de ansatte under udøvelsen af deres hverv i overensstemmelse med de almindelige principper, der er fælles for medlemsstaternes retssystemer.4.  
Every person has the right to have the Union make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States.4.  