Order — ECLI:EU:T:2011:507
Date: 2011-09-21
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition
Subject matter: Environment;Approximation of laws;Research and technological development;Public health;REACH
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Belgium;France

summary, the applicants claim that the contested act effectively identifies acrylamide as a substance of very high concern on the basis that acrylamide is a chemical substance. However, the applicants claim that acrylamide is used exclusively as an intermediate and is therefore exempt from Title VII concerning Authorisations of REACH, according to Articles 2(8) and 59 of the said Regulation. Furthermore, the applicants put forward that the contested act was adopted without sufficient evidential basis and therefore, the defendant committed a manifest error of appraisal. Finally, the applicants claim that the contested act infringes, besides the requirements of REACH, the principles of proportionality and equal treatment. ____________ 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)