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Document 62015TO0296
Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 February 2016.
Industrias Químicas del Vallés, SA v European Commission.
Action for annulment — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of metalaxyl on that list — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility.
Case T-296/15.
Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 February 2016.
Industrias Químicas del Vallés, SA v European Commission.
Action for annulment — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of metalaxyl on that list — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility.
Case T-296/15.
Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section
Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 February 2016 —
Industrias Químicas del Vallés v Commission
(Case T‑296/15)
‛Action for annulment — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of metalaxyl on that list — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissibility’
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Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Individual concern — Criteria — Commission regulation identifying an active substance as a candidate for substitution pursuant to Regulation No 1107/2009 — Action by an importer of the substance in question — Not individually affected — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009, Art. 80(7), and Annex II, point 4; Commission Regulation No 2015/408, second recital and Art. 1; Council Directive 91/414, Annex I) (see paras 21, 23-26, 28) |
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Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Meaning of ‘regulatory act’ — Any act of general scope other than legislative acts — Commission regulation identifying an active substance as a candidate for substitution pursuant to Regulation No 1107/2009 — Included (Arts 263, fourth para., TFEU and 289(1) to (3) TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009, Arts 78(3), and 79(2); Commission Regulation No 2015/408; Council Decision 1999/468, Arts 3 and 7) (see paras 31-33) |
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Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Regulatory acts — Acts not comprising implementing measures and concerning the applicant directly — Concept of implementing measures — Criteria — Commission regulation identifying an active substance as a candidate for substitution pursuant to Regulation No 1107/20099 — Effects produced through the intermediary of measures taken by the national authorities — Acts constituting implementing measures (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009, Arts 20(1), 24(1), 36(2), 41(2)(b), 43(1), 44(3), 45(1), and 50(1) and (4); Commission Regulation No 2015/408) (see paras 34, 41, 44-46, 48, 49) |
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Fundamental rights — Right to effective judicial protection — Review of legality of EU measures — Procedures — Protection of that right by the EU judicature or by the national courts according to the legal nature of the contested measure — Possibility of using an annulment action or reference for a preliminary ruling on validity (Art. 19(1) TEU; Arts 263 TFEU, 267 TFEU and 277 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 51(1)) (see paras 51-57) |
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment in part of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ 2015 L 67, p. 18).
Operative part
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The action is dismissed as inadmissible. |
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Industrias Químicas del Vallés, SA is ordered to bear the costs. |