62024CO0148_INF
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – UY v Commission
(Case C‑148/24 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Public health – Medicinal products for human use – Marketing authorisation – Spikevax – COVID-19 vaccine – Action for annulment – Independence and impartiality of the Courts of the European Union – Interest in bringing proceedings – Locus standi – Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded
1.
Appeal – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court – Error of law relied on not identified – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))
(see paragraphs 22-25)
2.
Action for annulment – Interest in bringing proceedings – Action brought by an applicant who is not an addressee of the contested act – Admissibility – Condition – Measure producing binding legal effects vis-à-vis the applicant – Commission decision granting a conditional marketing authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine – Measure not bringing about a change in the applicant’s legal position – No interest in bringing proceedings
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 37-43)
3.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria – Commission decision granting a conditional marketing authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine – Applicant not directly affected
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 56-67)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
UY shall bear his own costs.