Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 September 2014 — Afepadi and Others v Commission

(Case T‑354/12)

Action for annulment — Health claims made in the labelling and advertising of foods — Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 — Recitals 11, 14 and 17 — Act not amenable to review — Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Action directed solely against certain recitals of Regulation No 432/2012 — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 25-36)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 40, 41)

Re:

In particular, an action for the annulment of recitals 11, 14 and 17 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ 2012 L 136, p. 1).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Preparados alimenticios especiales, dietéticos y plantas medicinales (Afepadi), Elaborados Dietéticos, SA, Nova Diet, SA, Laboratorios Vendrell, SA and Ynsadiet, SA are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.