Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:404
Date: 2021-06-30
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Research and technological development;REACH
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany;France;United Kingdom;Netherlands

Judgment of the General Court of 30 June 2021 – Global Silicones Council and Others v ECHA (Case T-519/18) 1 (REACH – Establishment of a list of substances identified for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Entry of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and dodecamethylcyclohexsiloxane (D6) in that list – Articles 57 and 59 of Regulation No 1907/2006 – Annex XIII to Regulation No 1907/2006 – Weight-of-evidence determination – Manifest error of assessment – Proportionality) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Global Silicones Council (Washington, DC, United States) and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex (represented by: R. Cana and D. Abrahams, lawyers) Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä, W. Broere and A. Hautamäki, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the applicants: American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC) (Washington) (represented by: K. Nordlander and C. Grobecker, lawyers) Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller, D. Klebs, S. Heimerl and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: L. Haasbeek and R. Lindenthal, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment in whole or in part of the decision of ECHA of 27 June 2018 including octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and dodecamethylcyclohexsiloxane (D6) in the Candidate List for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to 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, corrigendum OJ 2007 L 136, p. 3). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Global Silicones Council and the other parties listed in the annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA); Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Commission and American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC) each to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 399, 5.11.2018.