62021TO0187_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 17 September 2021 – Firearms United Network and Others v Commission
(Case T‑187/21 R)
(Application for interim relief – REACH – Amendment of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Restriction on lead and lead compounds – Use of lead shot – Protection of wetlands – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – 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)
(see paras 8, 10, 11)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see para. 14)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Need to plead the risk of suffering that damage personally
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paras 20, 22)
Re:
Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU for suspension of operation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/57 of 25 January 2021 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 lead in gunshot in or around wetlands (OJ 2021 L 24, p. 19).
Operative part
1.
The application for interim relief is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.