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Case T-116/20: Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — Società agricola Vivai Maiorana and Others v Commission (Agriculture — Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 — Protective measures against pests of plants — List of Union regulated non-quarantine pests — Threshold above which the presence of a Union regulated non-quarantine pest on plants for planting has an unacceptable economic impact — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 — Professional Associations — Action for annulment — Locus standi — Admissibility — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons)

OJ C 471, 22.11.2021, p. 45–46 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

22.11.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 471/45


Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — Società agricola Vivai Maiorana and Others v Commission

(Case T-116/20) (1)

(Agriculture - Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 - Protective measures against pests of plants - List of Union regulated non-quarantine pests - Threshold above which the presence of a Union regulated non-quarantine pest on plants for planting has an unacceptable economic impact - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 - Professional Associations - Action for annulment - Locus standi - Admissibility - Proportionality - Obligation to state reasons)

(2021/C 471/63)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicants: Società agricola Vivai Maiorana Ss (Curinga, Italy), Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori — CIA (Rome, Italy), MIVA — Moltiplicatori Italiani Viticoli Associati (Faenza, Italy) (represented by: E.Scoccini and G. Scoccini, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Eggers and F. Moro, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Emmerechts, A. Vitro and S. Barbagallo, acting as Agents), European Parliament (represented by: L. Knudsen and G. Mendola, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for the annulment of parts A, B, C, F, I and J of annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 (JO 2019, L 319, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Società agricola Vivai Maiorana Ss, Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori — CIA and MIVA — Moltiplicatori Italiani Viticoli Associati to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.

Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union each to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 129, 20.4.2020.


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