Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:44
Date: 2018-01-30
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Research and technological development;Public health;REACH
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2018 — Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej v ECHA (Case T-625/16) 1 (REACH — Fee payable for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to SMEs — Error in the declaration relating to the size of the undertaking — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Cessation of production of the substance — Criteria for calculation of the administrative charge — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Equal treatment) Language of the case: Polish Parties Applicant: Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej sp. z o.o. (Grajewo, Poland) (represented by: T. Dobrzyński, lawyer) Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented initially by: E. Maurage, J.-P. Trnka and M. Heikkilä, and subsequently by: J.-P. Trnka and M. Heikkilä, acting as Agents) Re: Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment, firstly, of ECHA Decision SME(2016) 2851 of 23 June 2016, finding that the applicant did not fulfil the conditions for the fee reduction provided for in respect of medium-sized enterprises and imposing an administrative charge on it; secondly, of the invoices Nos 10058238 and 10058239 issued by ECHA and annexed to Decision SME(2016) 2851; and, thirdly, of ECHA’s Management Board Decision MB/43/2014 of 4 June 2015 amending Decision MB/D/29/2010, as amended by Decision MB/21/2012 on the classification of services for which charges are levied. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej sp. z o.o. to pay the costs, including those of the interim proceedings. ____________ 1 OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.