21According to settled case-law, any measure the legal effects of which are binding on, and capable of affecting the interests of, the applicant by bringing about a distinct change in his legal position is an act or a decision which may be the subject of an action under Article 173 of the EC Treaty for a declaration that it is void (see, in particular, the judgment in Case 60/81IBM v Commission [1981] ECR 2639, paragraph 9).