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Case T-268/10 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2015 — PPG and SNF v ECHA (REACH — Identification of acrylamide as a substance of very high concern — Intermediates — Action for annulment — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
Case T-268/10 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2015 — PPG and SNF v ECHA (REACH — Identification of acrylamide as a substance of very high concern — Intermediates — Action for annulment — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
Case T-268/10 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2015 — PPG and SNF v ECHA (REACH — Identification of acrylamide as a substance of very high concern — Intermediates — Action for annulment — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
OJ C 389, 23.11.2015, p. 24–24
(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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23.11.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 389/24 |
Judgment of the General Court of 25 September 2015 — PPG and SNF v ECHA
(Case T-268/10 RENV) (1)
((REACH - Identification of acrylamide as a substance of very high concern - Intermediates - Action for annulment - Whether directly concerned - Admissibility - Proportionality - Equal treatment))
(2015/C 389/24)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG) (Brussels, Belgium) and SNF SAS (Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France) (represented by: R. Cana, D. Abrahams and E. Mullier, lawyers)
Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä, W. Broere and T. Zbihlej, acting as Agents, and by J. Stuyck and A.-M. Vandromme, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: B. Koopman, acting as Agent); and European Commission (represented by: D. Kukovec, E. Manhaeve and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision of ECHA (EC No 201-173-7) identifying acrylamide as a substance fulfilling the criteria referred to in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006, concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ 2006 L 396, p. 1), in accordance with Article 59 thereof.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG) and SNF SAS to pay their own costs and those incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA); |
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Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Commission to bear their own costs. |