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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 October 2022 –ON v Commission
(Case T‑103/22) (
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(Action for annulment – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2288 – Regulation (EU) 2021/953 – EU Digital COVID Certificate – Freedom of movement for persons – Restrictions – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility)
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Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria – Regulation standardising the period during which COVID-19 vaccination certificates are to be accepted in the individual Member States – Action brought by a private individual – No direct concern – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation 2021/2288)
(see paragraphs 4-18)
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Fundamental rights – Right to effective judicial protection – Review of legality of EU measures – Procedures – Protection of that right by the EU judicature or by the national courts according to the legal nature of the contested measure – Possibility of using an annulment action or reference for a preliminary ruling on validity
(Arts 263, 267 and 277 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)
(see paragraphs 19, 20)
Operative part
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The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
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ON shall bear his own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.
(
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)	OJ C 191, 10.5.2022.