62020TO0663_INF
Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 8 June 2021 –One Voice v ECHA
(Case T‑663/20)
(Action for annulment – REACH – Substance homosalate – Exclusive use for the manufacture of cosmetic products – Compliance check of registrations – Article 41(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Time limit for bringing an action – Article 21(5) of Regulation (EC) No 771/2008 – Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Time limits – Decision made in the context of the compliance check of the registration dossier for the substance homosalate – Concept of publication – Publication of the decision on the website of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 59; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006, Art. 59(10))
(see paras 23-25)
2.
Action for annulment – Time limits – Point from which time starts to run – Date on which the measure at issue was published – Calculation
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 59 and 60)
(see paras 29, 30, 37, 38)
3.
Action for annulment – Time limits – Point from which time starts to run – Date of publication – Decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published only on its website – Application of the rule on the deferral of the beginning of the time limit for bringing an action by 14 days – Precluded
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 59(1); European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006, Art. 41(1))
(see paras 35, 36)
4.
Action for annulment – Time limits – Application lodged out of time – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 59 and 60)
(see paras 39, 40)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Decision A-009-2018 of the Board of Appeal of ECHA of 18 August 2020, relating to the compliance check of a registration dossier for homosalate.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
One Voice is ordered to pay the costs.