Judgment_paragraph 69 · European Commission and Council of the European Union v Francisco Carreras Sequeros and Others (C-119/19 P, C-126/19 P)

69Thus, in an action for annulment brought against individual decisions, the Court has accepted that the provisions of an act of general application that constitute the basis of those decisions (see, to that effect, in particular, judgments of 28 October 1981, Krupp Stahl v Commission, 275/80 and 24/81, EU:C:1981:247, paragraph 32, and of 11 July 1985, Salerno and Others v Commission and Council, 87/77, 130/77, 22/83, 9/84 and 10/84, not published, EU:C:1985:318, paragraph 36) or that have a direct legal connection with such decisions (see, to that effect, in particular, judgments of 31 March 1965, Macchiorlati Dalmas v High Authority, 21/64, EU:C:1965:30, p. 175, 187; of 9 September 2003, Kik v OHIM, C‑361/01 P, EU:C:2003:434, paragraph 76; and of 28 June 2005, Dansk Rørindustri and Others v Commission, C‑189/02 P, C‑202/02 P, C‑205/02 P to C‑208/02 P and C‑213/02 P, EU:C:2005:408, paragraph 237) may legitimately form the subject matter of an objection of illegality.