44It must be noted that it is clear from settled case-law that an action brought by a natural or legal person is admissible only in so far as that person has an interest in the contested measure being annulled (Joined Cases T-480/93 and T-483/93 Antillean Rice Mills and Others v Commission [1995] ECR II-2305, paragraph 59; Case T-102/96 Gencor v Commission [1999] ECR II-753, paragraph 40; Case T-212/00 Nuove Industrie Molisane v Commission [2002] ECR II-347, paragraph 33). That interest must be vested and present (Case T-138/89 NBV and NVB v Commission [1992] ECR II-2181, paragraph 33) and is assessed at the day on which the action is brought (Case 14/63 Forges de Clabecq v High Authority [1963] ECR 357, 371; and Case T-159/98 Torre and Others v Commission [2001] ECRSC I-A-83 and II-395, paragraph 28). If the interest which an applicant claims concerns a future legal situation, he must demonstrate that the prejudice to that situation is already certain. Therefore, an applicant cannot rely upon future and uncertain situations to justify its interest in applying for annulment of the contested act (NBV and NVB v Commission, cited above, paragraph 33).
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