Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:686
Date: 2017-10-03
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Research and technological development;Public health;REACH
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2017 — PM v ECHA (Case T-656/16) 1 (REACH — Fee due for the registration of a substance — Reduction granted to SMEs — Determination of the size of the undertaking — ECHA’s verification of the undertaking’s declaration — Request for evidence demonstrating the status of a SME — Decision imposing an administrative charge) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: PM (represented by: C Zambrano Almero, lawyer) Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: initially E. Maurage, J.-P. Trnka and M. Heikkilä, then J.-P. Trnka and M. Heikkilä, acting as Agents, and by C. Garcia Molyneux, lawyer) Re: Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of ECHA Decision EMS (2016) 3198 of 12 July 2016 finding that the applicant has not adduced the evidence necessary to benefit from the reduction of the fee for medium-sized enterprises and imposing an administrative charge. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Order PM to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). ____________ 1 OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.