1. 

Approximation of laws – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – REACH Regulation – Assessment procedure – Compliance check of registration dossiers – Decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) requesting additional information – Request for toxicity studies on a chemical substance used exclusively as an ingredient in cosmetic products involving animal testing – Whether permissible – Prohibition of animal testing – Scope

(European Parliament and Council Regulations No 1907/2006, recital 13 and Art. 2, and No 1223/2009, Arts 10, 11, 18(1)(b) and (d), and 25(1)(g))

(see paragraphs 67-70, 73-78)

2. 

Approximation of laws – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – REACH Regulation – Objectives – High level of protection of human health – Objective corresponding to that pursued in the cosmetics sector – Identical objective for different categories of person

(European Parliament and Council Regulations No 1907/2006, Art. 1(1) and (3), and No 1223/2009, Art. 3)

(see paragraphs 83-85)

3. 

Approximation of laws – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – REACH Regulation – Assessment procedure – Compliance check of registration dossiers – Decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) requesting additional information – Request for toxicity studies on a chemical substance used exclusively as an ingredient in cosmetic products involving animal testing – Obligation to assess workers’ exposure to the chemical substance during manufacture – Scope – Possibility for a registrant to be exempted from providing standard information on the intrinsic properties of the chemical substance – None

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006, Art. 14(5)(b) and Annex XI)

(see paragraphs 90-95)

4. 

Approximation of laws – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – REACH Regulation – Assessment procedure – Compliance check of registration dossiers – Decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) requesting additional information – Action brought before the Board of Appeal of ECHA – Task of the Board of Appeal – Intensity of the review – Assessment of highly complex scientific and technical facts – Restriction of the review to the assessment of manifest errors of assessment by ECHA – Not included

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006)

(see paragraphs 129, 130)

5. 

Approximation of laws – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – REACH Regulation – Assessment procedure – Compliance check of registration dossiers – Decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) requesting additional information – Action brought before the EU Courts – Intensity of the review – Assessment of highly complex scientific and technical facts – Restriction of the review to the assessment of manifest errors of assessment by ECHA – Included

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006)

(see paragraphs 131, 149)

6. 

Approximation of laws – Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals – REACH Regulation – Assessment procedure – Compliance check of registration dossiers – Decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) requesting additional information – Request for toxicity studies on a chemical substance used exclusively as an ingredient in cosmetic products involving animal testing – Obligation on every registrant to generate information obtained by means other than animal testing whenever possible

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006, Art. 25)

(see paragraphs 240-242)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Symrise AG to pay its own costs as well as those incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), including those relating to the interim proceedings;

3. 

Orders Cruelty Free Europe (CFE), PETA International Science Consortium Ltd, PETA Science Consortium International eV, European Federation for Cosmetics Ingredients (EFfCI), Unilever U.K. Central Resources Ltd and Unilever ASCC AG each to pay their own costs.