Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:662
Date: 2021-10-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Plant health legislation
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 – Sipcam Oxon v Commission (Case T-518/19) 1 (Plant protection products – Active substance chlorothalonil – Non-renewal of inclusion in the annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 – Assessment procedure – Rights of the defence – Proposed classification of an active substance – Legal certainty – Proportionality – Precautionary principle) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Sipcam Oxon SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: C. Mereu and P. Sellar, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castilla Contreras, A. Dawes and I. Naglis, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/677 of 29 April 2019 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance chlorothalonil, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ 2019 L 114, p. 15). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Sipcam Oxon SpA to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures. ____________ 1 OJ C 305, 9.9.2019.