Corte di giustizia UE n. 883/2020

62018TO0738_INF Order of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]) of 12 May 2020 – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] v Commission (Case T‑738/18) (Action for annulment — [OSCURATO:PERSONA] — Romanian 2007-2013 [OSCURATO:PERSONA] — External investigations conducted by OLAF — Final reports and recommendations of OLAF — National decision initiating a criminal investigation — Refusal by OLAF to open an enquiry into the conduct of the previous investigations — Refusal of access to the OLAF investigation file — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility) 1. Action for annulment — Acts open to challenge — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Assessment by reference to objective criteria — An act of an institution which amounts to a rejection — Appraisal in the light of the nature of the request giving rise to the act (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 29, 30) 2. Action for annulment — Acts open to challenge — Concept — Refusal by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (OLAF) to open an enquiry into the conduct of its previous investigations — Not included (Art. 263 TFEU; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 883/2013, Arts 1 and 9) (see paras 31, 32, 35-37) 3. Action for annulment — Action against a decision refusing to withdraw or amend an earlier act — Admissibility to be assessed in relation to the possibility of challenging the act at issue — Report of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (OLAF) concerning an external administrative investigation — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 EC; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 883/2013, Art. 11) (see paras 39-41) 4. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (OLAF) — Investigations — Final investigation report and recommendations — Not binding on the addressee national authorities — Discretion of the national authorities as to the action to be taken — Obligation to ensure, at national level, judicial protection in the event of proceedings (Art. 267 EC; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 883/2013, Art. 11) (see para. 49) 5. EU law — Principles — Right to effective judicial protection — Inadmissibility of an action for annulment against measures not producing binding legal effects — Possibility of parties challenging such measures by an action in non-contractual liability of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (Arts 263, 268 and 340, 2nd para. TFEU) (see paras 50-52, 54, 55) 6. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] rights — Right of public access to documents of EU institutions — Limits — Action against a decision refusing access — Examination of legality having regard to measures of secondary law establishing the conditions for access (Art. 15(3) TFEU; Charter of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], Art. 42; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1049/2001) (see paras 61, 62) 7. Action for annulment — Acts open to challenge — Concept — Decision refusing a request for access to documents held by an institution — No confirmatory application by the applicant — Not included (Art. 263 EC; [OSCURATO:PERSONA] and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1049/2001, Art. 7) (see paras 68, 69) Re: Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the letter of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA][OSCURATO:PERSONA] (OLAF) of 1 October 2018. Operative part 1. The action is dismissed. 2. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] shall pay the costs.