48However, where the action for annulment is brought by a natural or legal person against an act adopted by an institution, it is available only if the binding legal effects of the act being challenged are capable of affecting the interests of the applicant by bringing about a distinct change in his legal position (see, in particular, judgments of 11 November 1981, IBM v Commission, 60/81, EU:C:1981:264, paragraph 9, and of 18 November 2010, NDSHT v Commission, C‑322/09 P, EU:C:2010:701, paragraph 45 and the case-law cited).
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