Judgment_paragraph 172 · The Health Food Manufacturers' Association and Others v European Commission (T-296/12)

172In the second place, in so far as Regulation No 1924/2006, in particular Article 13(3) thereof, constitutes the basis on which Regulation No 432/2012 was adopted, a sufficiently close link can be found between the two measures for the purposes of the case-law cited in paragraph 170 above. The existence of such a link may be inferred, inter alia, from the finding that the measure against which the main action has been brought is essentially based on a provision of a measure whose legality is contested (see, to that effect, judgments of 25 October 2006 in Carius v Commission, T‑173/04, ECR-SC, EU:T:2006:333, paragraph 46, and Ianniello v Commission, paragraph 170 above, EU:T:2007:347, paragraph 33; see, to that effect and by analogy, judgment of 4 March 1998 in De Abreu v Court of Justice, T‑146/96, ECR-SC, EU:T:1998:50, paragraphs 25 and 29).