62020TO0634_INF
Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 July 2021 –UPTR v Parliament and Council
(Case T‑634/20)
(Action for annulment – Road transport – Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 – International road haulage market – Cabotage – Trade association – Legal standing – Lack of 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
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paras 20, 21)
2.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Action by a trade association set up to protect and represent its members – Admissibility – Conditions
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paras 25, 27, 29)
3.
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 common rules for access to the international road haulage market – Action by a trade association set up to protect and represent its members – Person concerned not affected directly and individually – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2020/1055, Art. 2(4))
(see paras 39-41, 45, 46, 49)
4.
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
(Arts 6(1) and 19(1) TEU; Arts 263, fourth para., 267 and 277 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47, 51(1) and 52(7))
(see paras 60, 62-66)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 amending Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009, (EC) No 1072/2009 and (EU) No 1024/2012 in order to adapt them to developments in the road transport sector (OJ 2020 L 249, p. 17).
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
Unie van Professionele Transporteurs en Logistieke Ondernemers (UPTR) shall pay the costs.