Case T‑583/13
Shire Pharmaceutical Contracts Ltd
v
European Commission
(Action for annulment — Medicinal products for paediatric use — Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 — Article 37 — Extension of the duration of the market exclusivity of non-patented orphan medicinal products — Non-actionable measure — Inadmissibility)
Summary — Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 3 September 2014
1. Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Assessment of those effects by reference to the substance of the measure
(Art. 263 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1901/2006)
2. Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Commission letters replying for information purposes to a hypothetical question concerning an extension of the duration of the market exclusivity of non-patented orphan medicinal products — Not included
(Art. 263 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1901/2006, Art. 37)
1. See the text of the decision.
(see paras 18-20)
2. See the text of the decision.
(see paras 21-31)