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Document 62017TA0806
Case T-806/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF and REACH & colours v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty)
Case T-806/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF and REACH & colours v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty)
Case T-806/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF and REACH & colours v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty)
OJ C 423, 16.12.2019, p. 33–34
(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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16.12.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 423/33 |
Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF and REACH & colours v ECHA
(Case T-806/17) (1)
(REACH - Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 - Requirement for joint submission of data - Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out - Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance - Failure to reach an agreement - Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy - Decision granting access to a joint submission - Legal basis - Broad discretion of ECHA - Manifest error of assessment - Obligation to state reasons - Legal certainty)
(2019/C 423/41)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: BASF SE (Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein, Germany) and REACH & colours Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (REACH & colours Kft.) (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: R. Cana, D. Abrahams, E. Mullier and H. Widemann, lawyers)
Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä, C. Jacquet, and T. Basmatzi, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Decision DSH-30-3-0123-2017 of ECHA of 2 October 2017 granting Sustainability Support Services (Europe) AB access to the joint submission lodged by REACH & colours, as lead registrant for the substance hexasodium 2,2'-[vinylenebis[(3-sulphonato-4,1-phenylene)imino[6-(diethylamino)-1, 3, 5-triazine-4,2-diyl]imino]]bis(benzene-1,4-disulphonate), EC No 255-217-5 and CAS No 41098-56-0.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders BASF SE, REACH & colours Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (REACH & colours Kft.) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to bear their own costs. |