62023TO0043(01)_INF
Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 5 July 2024 –SCC Legal v Commission
(Case T‑43/23) (
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(Action for failure to act – Plant protection products – Basic substance sodium hydrogen carbonate – Review of approval – Failure to initiate the withdrawal procedure – Article 23(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility)
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Judicial proceedings – Objection of inadmissibility – Decision to join the application for a separate ruling on the objection of inadmissibility to the substance – Dismissal of the action as inadmissible by reasoned order – Whether permissible
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 130)
(see paragraphs 21, 22)
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Judicial proceedings – Admissibility of actions – Judged by reference to the situation when the application was lodged
(see paragraph 30)
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Action for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Acts that are of direct and individual concern to them – Commission’s failure to initiate the regulatory procedure to withdraw the approval of sodium hydrogen carbonate as a basic substance – Action brought by a company holding a marketing authorisation for a fungicide containing sodium hydrogen carbonate as an active substance – No effect on the validity of the marketing authorisation – Not directly concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1107/2009, Arts 23(1) and 28(2)(a); Commission Regulation No 2015/2069)
(see paragraphs 32, 35, 40-43, 47, 51, 57, 60, 62)
Operative part
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The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
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SCC Legal Rechtsanwaltgesellschaft mbH shall pay the costs.
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