# C_2021163EN.01002201.xml

| 3.5.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 163/22 |
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3.5.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 163/22

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Action brought on 5 March 2021 — European Parliament v European Commission

(Case C-144/21)

(2021/C 163/27)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Parliament (represented by: L. Visaggio, C. Ionescu Dima, M. Menegatti, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | annul Articles 1(1) and (5), 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 inasmuch as they concern the authorisations relating to uses 2, 4 and 5 (and use 1, in relation to the formulation of mixtures for uses 2, 4 and 5) and bearing numbers REACH/20/18/0 to REACH/20/18/27 of Commission Implementing Decision C(2020) 8797 of 18 December 2020 partially granting an authorisation for certain uses of chromium trioxide under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council (Chemservice GmbH and others); |
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annul Articles 1(1) and (5), 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 inasmuch as they concern the authorisations relating to uses 2, 4 and 5 (and use 1, in relation to the formulation of mixtures for uses 2, 4 and 5) and bearing numbers REACH/20/18/0 to REACH/20/18/27 of Commission Implementing Decision C(2020) 8797 of 18 December 2020 partially granting an authorisation for certain uses of chromium trioxide under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council (Chemservice GmbH and others);

| — | in the alternative, annul Commission Implementing Decision C(2020)8797 of 18 December 2020 in its entirety; |
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in the alternative, annul Commission Implementing Decision C(2020)8797 of 18 December 2020 in its entirety;

| — | order the Commission to pay the costs. |
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order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of its action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging that the contested decision has been adopted in breach of the requirements laid down in Article 60(4) and (7) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and should therefore be annulled inasmuch as it concerns the authorisation for uses 2, 4 and 5 (and use 1, in relation to the formulation of mixtures for uses 2, 4 and 5) and bearing numbers REACH/20/18/0 to REACH/20/18/27. In the alternative, should the Court consider that authorisations in the contested decision for use 6 bearing numbers REACH/20/18/28 to REACH/20/18/34 are so inextricably linked to the authorisations for other uses that the authorisations granted for uses 2, 4 and 5 (and use 1, in relation to the formulation of mixtures for uses 2, 4 and 5) are not severable from the contested decision, the applicant considers that the decision should be annulled in its entirety.

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(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC, (OJ 2006, L 396, p. 1).

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