141According to settled case-law, every decision which is a straightforward rejection of a complaint, whether it be express or implied, only confirms the act or failure to act to which the complainant takes exception and is not, by itself, a decision which may be challenged, and accordingly the conclusions directed against that decision without content independent from the initial decision must be regarded as being directed against the initial act (order of 16 June 1988 in Progoulis v Commission, 371/87, ECR, EU:C:1988:317, paragraph 17, and judgment of 2 March 2004 in Di Marzio v Commission, T‑14/03, ECR-SC, EU:T:2004:59, paragraph 54). A decision rejecting the complaint is a confirmatory act, devoid of any independent content, where it does not contain a re-examination of the complainant’s situation in the light of new elements of law or of fact (judgments of 21 September 2011 in Adjemian and Others v Commission, T‑325/09 P, ECR, EU:T:2011:506, paragraph 32, and 21 May 2014 in Mocová v Commission, T‑347/12 P, ECR (Extracts), EU:T:2014:268, paragraph 34).
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