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Case T-283/15: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2018 — Esso Raffinage v ECHA (REACH — Dossier evaluation — Compliance check of registrations — Check of information submitted and follow-up to dossier evaluation — Statement of non-compliance — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Actions for annulment — Challengeable act — Direct and individual concern — Admissibility — Legal basis — Articles 41, 42 and 126 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)


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Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2018 — Esso Raffinage v ECHA

(Case T-283/15) ( 1 )

‛(REACH — Dossier evaluation — Compliance check of registrations — Check of information submitted and follow-up to dossier evaluation — Statement of non-compliance — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Actions for annulment — Challengeable act — Direct and individual concern — Admissibility — Legal basis — Articles 41, 42 and 126 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)’

2018/C 231/23Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Esso Raffinage (Courbevoie (France)) (represented by: M. Navin-Jones, solicitor)

Defendants: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: C. Jacquet, C. Schultheiss, W. Broere and M. Heikkilä, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, acting as Agent), French Republic (represented by: D. Colas and J. Traband, acting as Agents), and Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by M. de Ree, M. Bulterman and M. Noort, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the letter from ECHA of 1 April 2015 addressed to the French Ministère de l’ecologie du developement durable, des transports et du logement (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing) and entitled ‘Statement of Non-Compliance following a Dossier Evaluation Decision under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the letter of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of 1 April 2015 addressed to the French Ministère de l’ecologie du developement durable, des transports et du logement (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing) and entitled ‘Statement of Non-Compliance following a Dossier Evaluation Decision under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006’ and the annex thereto;

2.

Orders Esso Raffinage and ECHA each to bear their own costs;

3.

Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, The French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands each to bear their own costs.


( 1 ) OJ C 320, 28.9.2015.