62022TO0055_INF
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 October 2022 –Swords v Commission and ECDC
(Case T‑55/22)
(Action for annulment – Public health – Measures introduced in the European Union in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic – Risk assessment reports drawn up by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – Acts not open to challenge – European Commission communication and coordinated approach published on the basis of the risk assessment reports drawn up by the ECDC – Plea of illegality – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Meaning – Measures producing binding legal effects – Preparatory measures – Not included – Risk assessment reports drawn up by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – Preparatory measures – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 14, 15, 18-24)
2.
Plea of illegality – Scope – Measures the illegality of which may be pleaded – General measure providing the basis of the contested decision – Need for a legal connection between the contested measure and the contested general measure – Plea of illegality directed against the Commission’s communication on COVID-19 and against the coordinated approach published on the basis of the risk assessment reports drawn up by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – Documents adopted subsequent to the contested acts and not serving as a legal basis for those acts – Inadmissibility
(Art. 277 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 27-29)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
Mr Patrick Swords shall pay the costs.