Judgment_paragraph 44 · European Commission v RQ (C-831/18 P)

44As regards the substance of the Commission’s first ground of appeal, it is appropriate to point out that an applicant is adversely affected, for the purposes of Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations, only by measures which produce binding legal effects such as to affect his or her interests by bringing about a distinct change in his or her legal position (judgment of 14 September 2006, Commission v Fernández Gómez, C‑417/05 P, EU:C:2006:582, paragraph 42; see, to that effect, judgments of 21 January 1987, Stroghili v Court of Auditors, 204/85, EU:C:1987:21, paragraphs 6 and 9; and of 14 February 1989, Bossi v Commission, 346/87, EU:C:1989:59, paragraph 23).