Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:858
Date: 2025-09-10
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Second Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: France;Portugal

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 September 2025 – Association pour la Promotion du Sel Artisanal and Others v Commission (Cases T‑191/24 to T‑193/24) ( Action for annulment – Agriculture – Protected geographical indications – Registration of the name ‘Sel de Camargue/Fleur de sel de Camargue’ – Trade association – Standing to bring proceedings – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility ) 1. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Acts of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria – Regulation on the entry of a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications – Action brought by associations of salt producers – Not directly concerned – Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation 2024/423) (see paragraphs 23-26, 29-33, 35-40) 2. Agriculture – Uniform legislation – Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs – Regulation No 1151/2012 – Opposition proceedings – Role of groups – Right to bring a direct action before the General Court of the European Union against a Commission regulation on the registration of a geographical designation – None (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1151/2012, Arts 3, point 2, and 45(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 42-49) 3. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Admissibility criteria – Status and standing to bring proceedings at national level – Irrelevant – Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 50, 51) Operative part The Court: 1. Joins Cases T‑191/24, T‑192/24 and T‑193/24 for the purposes of the judgment; 2. Dismisses the actions as inadmissible; 3. Orders Association pour la Promotion du Sel Artisanal, Association des producteurs de sel marin de l’Île de Ré and Terras de Sal – Comércio e Transformação de Sal Marinho Tradicional each to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; 4. Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.