Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:736
Date: 2016-12-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Environment
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — General reference to documents annexed to the application — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 141) 13. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — General reference in support of a second plea to matters set out in the context of the first — Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 145, 146) 14. Judicial proceedings — Production of evidence — Time-limit — Evidence lodged out of time — Conditions (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 85(3)) (see paras 250, 251) 15. Environment — Aarhus Convention — Application to EU institutions — Access to justice — Reasonableness of the cost of the proceedings — Criteria for assessment (Aarhus Convention, Art. 9(4)) (see para. 302) 16. Judicial proceedings — Treatment of cases before the General Court — Protection given to parties against misuse of pleadings and other procedural documents — Scope — Publication of the opposing party’s defence on the internet — Abuse of procedure — Account to be taken when allocating costs (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 135(2)) (see para. 307) Re: APPLICATION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the European Commission of 8 January 2013, concerning the review of Commission Implementing Decision 2012/347/EU of 28 June 2012 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87701 x MON 89788 (MON-877Ø1-2 x MON-89788-1), pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2012 L 171, p. 13). Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders TestBioTech eV, European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility eV and Sambucus eV to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; 3. Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Monsanto Europe and Monsanto Company to bear their own costs.