334In that regard, it suffices to note that Article 263 TFEU draws a distinction between the right of Union institutions and Member States, on the one hand, to bring an action for annulment and the right of natural and legal persons, on the other hand, to do so, in that the second paragraph of that article gives all Member States the right to contest the legality of decisions of an agency of the Union by means of an action for annulment without having to establish any legal interest in bringing proceedings. A Member State need not therefore prove that an act of an agency which it is contesting produces legal effects with regard to it in order for its action to be admissible (see, to that effect, judgment of 10 April 2008, Netherlands v Commission, T‑233/04, EU:T:2008:102, paragraph 37 and the case-law cited).
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