# C_2012217EN.01001601.xml

| 21.7.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 217/16 |
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21.7.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 217/16

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Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Pesticide Action Network Europe v Commission

(Case T-338/08) (1)

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(Environment - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Maximum residue levels for pesticides - Request for internal review - Refusal - Measure of individual scope - Validity - Aarhus Convention)

2012/C 217/32

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Parties

Applicants: Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht (Netherlands)), Pesticide Action Network Europe (London (United Kingdom)) (represented by: B. Kloostra and A. van den Biesen, lawyers)

Applicants:

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by B. Burggraaf and S. Schønberg and subsequently by B. Burggraaf and P. Oliver, Agents)

Defendant:

Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Poland (represented initially by M. Dowgielewicz and subsequently by M. Szpunar, Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: K. Michoel and B. Driessen, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant

Re:

Re:

Application for annulment of the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by the applicants for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto (OJ 2008 L 58, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto; |
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Annuls the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto;

| 2. | Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe;

| 3. | Orders the Polish Republic and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs. |
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Orders the Polish Republic and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.

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