Judgment of the General Court of 12 June 2015 — Plantavis and NEM v Commission and EFSA

(Case T-334/12) (1)

((Consumer protection - Health claims made on foods - Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 - Action for annulment - Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures - Direct concern - Admissibility - Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 - Plea of illegality - Register of health claims))

(2015/C 245/18)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: Plantavis GmbH (Berlin, Germany); and NEM, Verband mittelständischer europäischer Hersteller und Distributoren von Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln & Gesundheitsprodukten eV (Laudert, Germany) (represented by: T. Büttner, lawyer)

Defendants: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin and S. Grünheid, acting as Agents); and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (represented by: D. Detken, acting as Agent, and by R. Van der Hout and A. Köhler, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendant European Commission: European Parliament (represented by: J. Rodrigues and P. Schonard, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendants, European Commission and EFSA: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm and I. Šulce, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment, first, of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (OJ 2006 L 404, p. 9), and, secondly, of Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ 2012 L 136, p. 1), and of the Register of nutrition and health claims made on food, published on the website of the Commission.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 311, 13.10.2012.