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Document 62006TO0397(01)

Order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 17 June 2008.
Dow AgroSciences Ltd v European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Action for annulment - Action for damages - Directive 91/414/EEC - Plant protection products - Opinion of the European Food Safety Authority - Non-actionable measure - Preparatory measure - Inadmissibility.
Case T-397/06.

European Court Reports 2008 II-00090*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2008:208





Order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 17 June 2008 – Dow AgroSciences v EFSA

(Case T-397/06)

Action for annulment – Action for damages – Directive 91/414/EEC – Plant protection products – Opinion of the European Food Safety Authority – Non-actionable measure – Preparatory measure – Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment – Actionable measures – Definition – Measures producing binding legal effects (Art. 230 EC; Commission Regulation No 451/2000, Art. 8(7); Council Directive No 91/414) (see paras 40-41, 46-47)

2.                     Plea of illegality – Incidental nature – Main action inadmissible (Art. 241 EC) (see paras 63-64)

3.                     Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 44(1)) (see paras 69-71, 73-74)

4.                     Procedure – Measures of organisation of procedure – Request for production of documents (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 64(3)(d) and (4)) (see paras 78-80)

Re:

APPLICATION for (i) annulment of the opinion of EFSA of 28 July 2006 on the assessment of the active substance haloxyfop‑R under Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ 1991 L 230, p. 1), and (ii) compensation for the damage sustained.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Dow AgroSciences Ltd, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the Commission each to bear their own costs.

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