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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 13 September 2023 –Netherlands v Commission
(Case T‑137/22) (
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)
(Action for annulment – EAGF – Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 – Undue payment – Letter rejecting the request for extension of the eight-year time limit for recovery – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Acts producing binding legal effects – Acts or decisions, adopted in the course of the preparatory proceedings, which are themselves the culmination of a distinct special procedure – Included
(Art. 263 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1306/2013, Art. 54(2))
(see paragraphs 30-35, 45-49)
2.
Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Acts producing binding legal effects – Preparatory acts – Precluded – Act preparatory to an accounts or conformity clearance decision – Act not definitively laying down the position of the institution concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1306/2013, Art. 54(3); Commission Regulation No 908/2014, Art. 29(e))
(see paragraphs 58, 60-62)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
2.
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.
(
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)	OJ C 198, 16.5.2022.