Case C-691/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 November 2017 — European Commission v Bilbaína de Alquitranes, SA and Others (Appeal — Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 — Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures — Regulation (EU) No 944/2013 — Classification of pitch, coal tar, high-temperature — Categories of acute aquatic toxicity (H400) and chronic aquatic toxicity (H410) — Duty to act diligently — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2017-11-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: aquatic environment, classification, environmental protection, industrial hazard, petroleum product, toxic substance








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22.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/5





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 November 2017 — European Commission v Bilbaína de Alquitranes, SA and Others
(Case C-691/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Environment - Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 - Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures - Regulation (EU) No 944/2013 - Classification of pitch, coal tar, high-temperature - Categories of acute aquatic toxicity (H400) and chronic aquatic toxicity (H410) - Duty to act diligently - Manifest error of assessment))
(2018/C 022/06)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: European Commission (represented by K. Talabér-Ritz and P.-J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Bilbaína de Alquitranes, SA, Deza, a.s., Industrial Química del Nalón, SA, Koppers Denmark A/S, Koppers UK Ltd, Koppers Netherlands BV, Rütgers basic aromatics GmbH, Rütgers Belgium NV, Rütgers Poland Sp. z o.o., Bawtry Carbon International Ltd, Grupo Ferroatlántica, SA, SGL Carbon GmbH, SGL Carbon GmbH, SGL Carbon, SGL Carbon, SA, SGL Carbon Polska S.A., ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Tokai erftcarbon GmbH (represented by: K. Van Maldegem, C. Mereu and M. Grunchard, avocats, and by P. Sellar, Advocate); European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by N. Herbatschek, W. Broere and M. Heikkilä, acting as Agents), GrafTech Iberica, SL (represented by: C. Mereu, K. Van Maldegem and M. Grunchard, avocats, and by P. Sellar, Advocate)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Thorning and M. N. Lyshøj, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, J. Möller and R. Kanitz, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, C.S. Schillemans and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Bilbaína de Alquitranes SA, Deza a.s., Industrial Química del Nalón SA, Koppers Denmark A/S, Koppers UK Ltd, Koppers Netherlands BV, Rütgers basic aromatics GmbH, Rütgers Belgium NV, Rütgers Poland Sp. z o.o., Bawtry Carbon International Ltd, Grupo Ferroatlántica SA, SGL Carbon GmbH (Germany), SGL Carbon GmbH (Austria), SGL Carbon, SGL Carbon SA, SGL Carbon Polska S.A., ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG and Tokai erftcarbon GmbH, including the costs relating to the interlocutory proceedings that gave rise to the order of the Vice-President of the Court of 7 July 2016, Commission v Bilbaína de Alquitranes and Others (C-691/15 P–R, not published, EU:C:2016:597);










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear their own costs;










4.


Orders GrafTech Iberica SL and the European Chemicals Agency to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.