4.5.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 129/26

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Declare the application admissible and well-founded;

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Partially annul Decision ED/169/2012 of the ECHA concerning the inclusion of cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride, cis-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride and trans-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride (collectively referred to as ‘HHPA’) as Substances meeting the criteria set out in Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1) (‘REACH’), in accordance with Article 59 of REACH, as it relates to HHPA and its monomers; and

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Order the defendant to pay the costs of these proceedings.

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First plea in law, alleging manifest error of assessment/law: (i) respiratory sensitisers are not covered by Article 57(f) of REACH and (ii) the ECHA did not provide sufficient justification and evidence in order to demonstrate that HHPA was of ‘equivalent concern’ to a carcinogen, mutagen or toxicant for reproduction (‘CMR’), category 1, since:

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Second plea in law, alleging breach of the rights of defence, as the applicants did not have the opportunity to fully defend their case because of the lack of objective criteria for considering whether a substance is of equivalent concern according to Article 57(f) REACH, especially in the case of a respiratory sensitiser such as HHPA, and because ECHA did not take into account all information available or provided by the industry during the commenting period.

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Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of proportionality, as the ECHA had a choice of measures with respect to HHPA and by identifying HPPA as Substance of Very High Concern (‘SVHC’) caused the applicants disadvantages which are disproportionate in relation to the aims pursued.