Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 November 2013 —
MAF v EIOPA

(Case T‑23/12)

Action for annulment — Languages — Publication by the EIOPA of consultative documents on its internet site exclusively in English — Non-actionable measures — Inadmissibility

1.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Application not enabling precise identification of the measure of which annulment is sought — Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c) and (d)) (see para. 29)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Decision of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority to launch public consultations in English — Preparatory measure not producing independent legal effects — Exclusion (Arts 263 TFEU, 267 TFEU and 277 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1094/2010, Arts 10 and 16(2)) (see paras 31‑33, 48, 49)

3.                     Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Decision of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority to launch public consultations in English — Action by a company not mastering that language — Not individually affected — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1094/2010, Arts 10(1), third para., 16(2), and 37) (see para. 43)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment, first, of an alleged decision of the EIOPA to publish information on its internet site exclusively in English and, specifically, to launch public consultations exclusively in that language and, secondly, of the alleged decision of the Executive Director of the EIOPA, of 16 January 2012, rejecting the MAF’s request for the withdrawal of the first alleged decision and the publication of the abovementioned consultations and all information on the EIOPA’s internet site in all the official languages of the European Union.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. The Mutuelle des architectes français assurances (MAF) is ordered to pay the costs.