62021TO0566_INF
Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2022 –Steinbach International v Commission
(Case T‑566/21)
(Action for annulment – Customs union – Common Customs Tariff – Tariff and statistical nomenclature – Classification in the Combined Nomenclature – Tariff heading – Regulatory act entailing implementing measures – No individual concern – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Concept of ‘regulatory act’ within the meaning of the fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Any measure of general application other than legislative acts – Tariff classification rules – Included – Act comprising implementing measures within the meaning of that treaty provision
(Arts 263, fourth para., and 289(1) to (3) TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 952/2013, Arts 57(4) and 58(2); Commission Regulation No 2021/957)
(see paragraphs 27-33)
2.
Common Customs Tariff – Classification of goods – Binding tariff information – Scope – Protection of the economic operator against a possible change in the interpretation given by the customs authorities of the legislation in force – Limits – Change to that legislation – Article 33 of the Union Customs Code
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 952/2013, Art. 33)
(see paragraph 47)
3.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Tariff classification rules – Whether applicant individually affected – Criteria
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Commission Regulation No 2021/957)
(see paragraphs 38-41, 50, 54, 55, 61, 62)
4.
Judicial proceedings – Measures of organisation of procedure – Request for production of documents – Discretion of the EU judicature
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 88(1))
(see paragraph 64)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
Steinbach International GmbH shall pay the costs.