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Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 – Validity and Center for Independent Living v Commission
(Case C‑622/20 P)
(Appeal – European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – Grant intended to support the deinstitutionalisation of social services for adults and people with disabilities – Letter of the European Commission refusing to suspend or cancel payment of the grant – Action for annulment – Admissibility – Concept of ‘challengeable act’ – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Effective judicial protection)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Grant awarded within the framework of the ERDF – Grant intended to support the deinstitutionalisation of social services for adults and people with disabilities – Letter of the Commission refusing to suspend or cancel payment of the grant – Action brought by an association for the protection and representation of disabled persons – Not individually concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1303/2013)
(see paras 37-39, 45, 46, 48-52, 54, 55)
2.
Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Measures producing binding legal effects – Whether that condition can be set aside by invoking the right to effective judicial protection – Absence
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)
(see paras 58-60, 62-64)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.
2.
Validity Foundation – Mental Disability Advocacy Centre and Center for Independent Living Association shall bear their own costs.