62025CO0306_INF
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 2 October 2025 –Messiaen and Ballegeer v Council and Parliament
(Case C‑306/25 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Approximation of laws – Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 – Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Action for annulment – Admissibility – Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU – Condition according to which an applicant must be individually concerned – Appeal manifestly unfounded)
1.
Appeal – Grounds – Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded – Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181)
(see paragraphs 6, 18)
2.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Person individually affected by a measure of a general nature – Conditions – Regulation on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – Action brought by tax lawyers – No restricted category of economic operators – Not individually concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, 4th para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2024/1624)
(see paragraphs 12-17)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mr Robin Messiaen and Mr Ferenc Ballegeer shall bear their own costs.