19.10.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 346/13


Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2015 — Dow AgroSciences and Dintec Agroquímica — Produtos Químicos v Commission

(Case T-446/10) (1)

((Plant protection products - Active substance trifluralin - Non-inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC - Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 - Accelerated assessment procedure - Manifest error of assessment - Principle of non-discrimination - Proportionality))

(2015/C 346/14)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Dow AgroSciences Ltd (Hitchin, United Kingdom); and Dintec Agroquímica — Produtos Químicos, Lda (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: K. Van Maldegem and C. Mereu, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by P. Ondrůšek and F. Wilman, and subsequently by P. Ondrůšek and G. von Rintelen, acting as Agents, and J. Stuyck, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2010/355/EU of 25 June 2010 concerning the non-inclusion of trifluralin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ 2010 L 160, p. 30).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Dow AgroSciences Ltd and Dintec Agroquímica — Produtos Químicos, Lda to bear their own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.


(1)  OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.