79Moreover, it has been held that if the interest pleaded by an applicant concerns a future legal situation, he must demonstrate that the prejudice to that situation is already certain. Therefore, an applicant cannot plead future uncertain circumstances to establish his interest in applying for annulment and/or alteration of the contested measure (Case T-138/89 NBV and NVB v Commission [1992] ECR II-2181, paragraph 33; Case T-141/03 Sniace v Commission [2005] ECR II-1197, paragraph 26, and Socratec v Commission, paragraph 77 above, paragraph 39).
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