Order — ECLI:EU:C:2009:785
Date: 2009-12-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: President of the Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Environment
Concepts: Application for interim measures: suspension of operation of the contested measure and other interim measures;Appeals
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Application for interim measures
Origin: Czechia;Germany;Denmark;Spain;France;United Kingdom;Hungary;Italy;Netherlands;Poland;Portugal

Summary examination of the main action by the court hearing the application for interim measures – Action for annulment of a decision not to include a substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414 (Arts 230 EC, 242 EC and 243 EC; Council Directive 91/414; Commission Decision 2007/629) (see paras 54-62) Re: Appeal against the order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 18 June 2008 in Case T-475/07 R Dow AgroSciences and Others v Commission dismissing an application for suspension of the operation of Commission Decision 2007/629/EC of 20 September 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of trifluralin in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (OJ 2007 L 255, p. 42) – Admissibility – Need to prove circumstances establishing urgency. Operative part: The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Dow AgroSciences Ltd, Dow AgroSciences LLC, Dow AgroSciences SAS, Dow AgroSciences Export SAS, Dow AgroSciences BV, Dow AgroSciences Hungary kft, Dow AgroSciences Italia Srl, Dow AgroSciences Polska sp. zoo, Dow AgroSciences Iberica SA, Dow AgroSciences s.r.o., Dow AgroSciences Danmark A/S, Dow AgroSciences GmbH, Dintec Agroquímica – Produtos Químicos Lda and Finchimica SpA to pay the costs.