This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 62015TA0474
Case T-474/15: Judgment of the General Court of 26 January 2017 –GGP Italy v Commission (Protection of the health and safety of consumers and workers — Directive 2006/42/EC — Safeguard clause — National measure of withdrawal from the market and prohibition of placing on the market of a lawn mower — Requirements concerning protective devices — Successive versions of a harmonised standard — Legal certainty — Commission Decision declaring the measure justified — Error of law)
Case T-474/15: Judgment of the General Court of 26 January 2017 –GGP Italy v Commission (Protection of the health and safety of consumers and workers — Directive 2006/42/EC — Safeguard clause — National measure of withdrawal from the market and prohibition of placing on the market of a lawn mower — Requirements concerning protective devices — Successive versions of a harmonised standard — Legal certainty — Commission Decision declaring the measure justified — Error of law)
Case T-474/15: Judgment of the General Court of 26 January 2017 –GGP Italy v Commission (Protection of the health and safety of consumers and workers — Directive 2006/42/EC — Safeguard clause — National measure of withdrawal from the market and prohibition of placing on the market of a lawn mower — Requirements concerning protective devices — Successive versions of a harmonised standard — Legal certainty — Commission Decision declaring the measure justified — Error of law)
OJ C 78, 13.3.2017, p. 25–25
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
13.3.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 78/25 |
Judgment of the General Court of 26 January 2017 –GGP Italy v Commission
(Case T-474/15) (1)
((Protection of the health and safety of consumers and workers - Directive 2006/42/EC - Safeguard clause - National measure of withdrawal from the market and prohibition of placing on the market of a lawn mower - Requirements concerning protective devices - Successive versions of a harmonised standard - Legal certainty - Commission Decision declaring the measure justified - Error of law))
(2017/C 078/33)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Global Garden Products Italy SpA (GGP Italy) (Castelfranco Veneto, Italy) (represented by: A. Villani, L. D’Amario and M. Caccialanza, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by G. Braga da Cruz and L. Cappelletti, and subsequently by G. Braga da Cruz and C. Zadra, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: I. Kalniņš and D. Pelše, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/902 of 10 June 2015 on a measure taken by Latvia in accordance with Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to prohibit the placing on the market of a lawn mower manufactured by GGP Italy SpA (OJ 2015 L 147, p. 22).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Annuls Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/902 of 10 June 2015 on a measure taken by Latvia in accordance with Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to prohibit the placing on the market of a lawnmower manufactured by GGP Italy SpA; |
2. |
Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
3. |
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Global Garden Products Italy SpA (GGP Italy) in the present proceedings and in the interlocutory proceedings; |
4. |
Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs. |