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Case T-123/22: Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2024 – Ecocert India v Commission (Agriculture – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 – Imports into the European Union of organic products from third countries – Recognition of third countries – Execution of controls and certification of products by control bodies – Decision to withdraw an establishment from the list of recognised control bodies for India appearing in the list of recognised third countries – Competence of the Commission – Rights of the defence – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations)
Case T-123/22: Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2024 – Ecocert India v Commission (Agriculture – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 – Imports into the European Union of organic products from third countries – Recognition of third countries – Execution of controls and certification of products by control bodies – Decision to withdraw an establishment from the list of recognised control bodies for India appearing in the list of recognised third countries – Competence of the Commission – Rights of the defence – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations)
Case T-123/22: Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2024 – Ecocert India v Commission (Agriculture – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 – Imports into the European Union of organic products from third countries – Recognition of third countries – Execution of controls and certification of products by control bodies – Decision to withdraw an establishment from the list of recognised control bodies for India appearing in the list of recognised third countries – Competence of the Commission – Rights of the defence – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations)
OJ C, C/2024/5090, 26.8.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5090/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2024/5090 |
26.8.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2024 – Ecocert India v Commission
(Case T-123/22) (1)
(Agriculture - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 - Imports into the European Union of organic products from third countries - Recognition of third countries - Execution of controls and certification of products by control bodies - Decision to withdraw an establishment from the list of recognised control bodies for India appearing in the list of recognised third countries - Competence of the Commission - Rights of the defence - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations)
(C/2024/5090)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Ecocert India Pte Ltd (Gurugram, India) (represented by: Y. Martinet, D. Todorova and J. Sohm, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes and B. Hofstötter, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 of 16 December 2021 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the list of third countries and the list of control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised under Article 33(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 for the purpose of importing organic products into the Union (OJ 2021 L 465, p. 8), in so far as that provision, in conjunction with Annex I to that regulation, removes the applicant from the list of control bodies recognised for India by the competent Indian authority, appearing in the list of recognised third countries, accredited to carry out controls and issue certificates of inspection authorising the placing on the EU market of organic products imported from that country.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Ecocert India Pte Ltd to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5090/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)