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Document 62019TA0153
Case T-153/19: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — European Union Copper Task Force v Commission (Plant protection products — Active substance ‘copper compounds’ — Renewal of approval for placing on the market — Candidates for substitution — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Associations — Proportionality — Precautionary principle — Manifest error of assessment — Expert’s report)
Case T-153/19: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — European Union Copper Task Force v Commission (Plant protection products — Active substance ‘copper compounds’ — Renewal of approval for placing on the market — Candidates for substitution — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Associations — Proportionality — Precautionary principle — Manifest error of assessment — Expert’s report)
Case T-153/19: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — European Union Copper Task Force v Commission (Plant protection products — Active substance ‘copper compounds’ — Renewal of approval for placing on the market — Candidates for substitution — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Associations — Proportionality — Precautionary principle — Manifest error of assessment — Expert’s report)
OJ C 490, 6.12.2021, p. 30–30
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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6.12.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 490/30 |
Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — European Union Copper Task Force v Commission
(Case T-153/19) (1)
(Plant protection products - Active substance ‘copper compounds’ - Renewal of approval for placing on the market - Candidates for substitution - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Associations - Proportionality - Precautionary principle - Manifest error of assessment - Expert’s report)
(2021/C 490/31)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Union Copper Task Force (Springfield, United Kingdom) (represented by: I. Moreno-Tapia Rivas and C. Vila Gisbert, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castilla Contreras and I. Naglis, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: L. Stefani, C. Ionescu Dima and A. Tamás, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: D. Kornilaki and E. Karlsson, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1981 of 13 December 2018 renewing the approval of the active substances copper compounds, as candidates for substitution, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ 2018 L 317, p. 16).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders European Union Copper Task Force to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |
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Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs. |