Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 –
Mariani and Others v Parliament

(Case T‑124/21)

(Action for annulment – Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2223 – Cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the effectiveness of OLAF investigations – Act not of individual concern – Non-regulatory act – Inadmissibility)

1.      Action for annulment – Application brought by the natural or legal person to whom the contested measure is addressed – Concept of addressee – Individual not designated in the act – Not included

(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)

(see paras 14, 15)

2.      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 17, 19, 20)

3.      Acts of the institutions – Legal nature – Legislative act – Concept – Regulation 2020/2223 – Included

(Art. 325 TFEU)

(see para. 21)

4.      Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Conditions cumulative in nature – Inadmissibility of the action where just one of those conditions not met

(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)

(see para. 23)

5.      Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Regulation 2020/2223 – Action brought by Members of the European Parliament against a part of that regulation concerning the cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the effectiveness of OLAF investigations – Not individually concerned – Inadmissibility

(Arts 263, fourth para., and 325 TFEU)

(see paras 25, 32)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Article 1 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2223 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, as regards cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the effectiveness of the European Anti-Fraud Office investigations (OJ 2020 L 437, p. 49).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene made by the Council of the European Union.

3. Mr Thierry Mariani and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex shall, in addition to bearing their own costs, pay those incurred by the European Parliament.

4. The Council shall bear its own costs relating to the application for leave to intervene.