Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – UPL Europe and Indofil Industries (Netherlands) v Commission

(Case T-742/20 RENV)  (1)

(Plant protection products - Active substance mancozeb - Non-renewal of approval - Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 - Procedure for assessing the application for renewal of approval of an active substance - Manifest error of assessment - Procedure for harmonised classification and labelling - Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008)

(C/2025/6502)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: UPL Europe Ltd (Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom), Indofil Industries (Netherlands) BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: C. Mereu and P. Parvati Martín Paredes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes, L. Vernier and M. ter Haar, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2087 of 14 December 2020 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance mancozeb, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ 2020 L 423, p. 50).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders each party to bear its own costs in Case C-262/23 P;

3.	Orders UPL Europe Ltd and Indofil Industries (Netherlands) BV to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in Case T-742/20 RENV.

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(1)   OJ C 53, 15.2.2021.