62021TO0207_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 22 June 2021 –Polynt v ECHA
(Case T‑207/21 R)
(Application for interim measures – REACH – Hexahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride substance – Obligation to register – Evaluation of dossiers – Examination of testing proposals – Obligation to provide certain information requiring animal testing – Application for interim measures – Lack of urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Cumulative nature – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief – Balancing of all the interests involved
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 10-13, 22)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Burden of proof – Financial loss – Situation which could jeopardise the existence of the applicant company or irremediably alter its position in the market – Assessment having regard to the situation of the group to which the applicant company belongs
(Arts 256(1), 268, 278, 279 and 340 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 16, 17, 27)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Burden of proof – Financial loss – Obligation to provide concrete and precise indications, supported by detailed documentary evidence – Situation liable to endanger the existence of the applicant company
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see para. 28)
Re:
Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU for the suspension of the operation of Decision A-015-2019 of the Board of Appeal of ECHA of 9 February 2021, which requests the applicant to carry out an Extended One-Generation Reproductive Toxicity Study (EOGRTS) of the substance hexahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride or for the grant of any other interim measures deemed appropriate.
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The costs shall be reserved.