143However, the fact that an application for annulment directed against an act having no adverse effect is inadmissible does not deprive an applicant of the right to plead, in support of claims directed against a challengeable decision, the possible unlawfulness of that act (see, by analogy, judgments of 13 March 2003, Pessoa e Costa v Commission, T‑166/02, EU:T:2003:73, paragraph 37 and the case-law cited). Consequently, although the claim for annulment of the decision to initiate disciplinary proceedings is inadmissible, the pleas submitted in support of that claim must be regarded as being directed against the removal decision, taken at the end of that procedure.