62021TO0645_INF
Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 7 April 2022 –Bloom v Parliament and Council
(Case T‑645/21)
(Action for annulment – Common fisheries policy – Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 – European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund – Financial support granted under shared management with the Member States – Ineligible operations or expenditure – Derogations from ineligibility – Association for the protection of the marine environment – Legislative act – No individual concern – No direct concern – Right to effective judicial protection – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Regulation establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund – Action by an association working for the protection of the marine environment – Not individually concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paras 40-42, 44-48, 50-52, 54)
2.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Whether directly concerned – Criteria – Regulation establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund – Possible derogation from ineligibility in respect of certain operations and expenditure – Action by an association working for the protection of the marine environment – Not directly concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulations 2021/1060, Art. 23, and 2021/1139, Arts 17 to 19)
(see paras 60-66, 69, 70, 73-75)
3.
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
(Art. 19(1) TEU; Arts 263, 4th para., 267 and 277 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 51(1))
(see paras 85-89)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the European Commission’s application to intervene.
3.
Bloom shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
4.
The Commission shall bear its own costs relating to the application to intervene.