Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:918
Date: 2025-09-19
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Procedure: Action for damages - unfounded
Origin: France

Order of the General Court of 19 September 2025 – Syndicat National des Artistes Tatoueurs et des professionnels du tatouage and Auville v Commission (Case T-294/24) 1 (Non-contractual liability – Environment and protection of human health – Restrictions applicable to substances in tattoo inks or permanent make-up – Regulation (EU) 2020/2081 – Actual and certain damage – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: French Parties Applicants: Syndicat National des Artistes Tatoueurs et des professionnels du tatouage (Étampes, France), Cyril Auville (Paris, France) (represented by: F. Di Vizio, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Tricot and K. Mifsud Bonnici, acting as Agents) Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Maertens and M. Jespersen, acting as Agents), European Chemicals Agency (represented by: M. Heikkilä, W. Broere and N. Herbatschek, acting as Agents) Re: By their action under Article 268 TFEU, the applicants seek compensation for the damage they claim to have suffered as a result of the adoption of Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/2081 of 14 December 2020 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards substances in tattoo inks or permanent make-up (OJ 2020 L 423, p. 6, ‘the contested regulation’). In addition, they invoke, under Article 277 TFEU, a plea of illegality in respect of the contested regulation. Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed. 2. Syndicat National des Artistes Tatoueurs et des professionnels du tatouage and Mr. Cyril Auville shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission. 3. The Kingdom of Denmark and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) shall bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/4971, 19.8.2024.