Case C-106/14: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Fédération des entreprises du commerce et de la distribution (FCD), Fédération des magasins de bricolage et de l’aménagement de la maison (FMB) v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment and protection of human health — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) — Articles 7(2) and 33 — Substances of very high concern present in articles — Duties to notify and provide information — Calculation of threshold of 0,1 % weight by weight)
Date: 2015-09-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: chemical product, consumer information, dangerous substance, environmental protection, import (EU), product safety, public health








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3.11.2015   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/12





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Fédération des entreprises du commerce et de la distribution (FCD), Fédération des magasins de bricolage et de l’aménagement de la maison (FMB) v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie
(Case C-106/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment and protection of human health - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) - Articles 7(2) and 33 - Substances of very high concern present in articles - Duties to notify and provide information - Calculation of threshold of 0,1 % weight by weight))
(2015/C 363/14)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Fédération des entreprises du commerce et de la distribution (FCD), Fédération des magasins de bricolage et de l’aménagement de la maison (FMB)

Defendant: Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 366/2011 of 14 April 2011, must be interpreted as meaning that, for the purposes of application of that provision, it is for the producer to determine whether a substance of very high concern identified in accordance with Article 59(1) of that regulation, as amended, is present in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight of any article it produces and, for the importer of a product made up of more than one article, to determine for each article whether such a substance is present in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight of that article.










2.


Article 33 of Regulation No 1907/2006, as amended, must be interpreted as meaning that, for the purposes of application of that provision, it is for the supplier of a product one or more constituent articles of which contain(s) a substance of very high concern identified in accordance with Article 59(1) of that regulation in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight of that article, to inform the recipient and, on request, the consumer, of the presence of that substance by providing them, as a minimum, with the name of the substance in question.






(1)  OJ C 142, 12.5.2014.