1. 

Agriculture – Approximation of laws – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Regulation No 1107/2009 – Renewal of approval – Assessment of risks – Concerns relating to the substance at issue – Existence of data gaps – No manifest error of assessment – Position of the rapporteur Member State – Irrelevant

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009, Art. 4(3))

(see paras 47-49, 56, 68, 77, 79-81)

2. 

Agriculture – Approximation of laws – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Regulation No 1107/2009 – Renewal of approval – Implementation of the renewal procedure – Commission’s refusal to examine additional data submitted after the end of the peer review – No infringement of the rights of the defence

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009, Recital 14; Commission Regulation No 1141/2010, Art. 16(4))

(see paras 98-101)

3. 

Agriculture – Approximation of laws – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Regulation No 1107/2009 – Renewal of approval – Rights of the defence – Scope – No general or absolute right to submit oral observations

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009; Commission Regulation No 844/2012)

(see para. 103)

4. 

Action for annulment – Pleas in law – Plea directed against a superfluous ground – Invalid plea in law

(see para. 112)

5. 

Approximation of laws – Classification, packaging and labelling of substances and mixtures – Regulation No 1272/2008 – Hazard classification for plant protection product substances – Lack of competence of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – Taking into account of the review of the literature, reviewed by EFSA in the context of an assessment under Regulation No 1107/2009

(European Parliament and Council Regulations No 1272/2008 and No 1107/2009, Annex II)

(see paras 115-117)

6. 

Agriculture – Approximation of laws – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Regulation No 1107/2009 – Application of the precautionary principle – Discretion of the EU institutions – Scope

(Arts 9, 168(1) and 191(2) TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 35; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009)

(see paras 145-148)

7. 

EU law – Principles – Precautionary principle – Scope – Guidelines on recourse to the principle – Procedures for examining the benefits and costs of action or lack of action

(see paras 150, 151)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Sipcam Oxon SpA to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.