Case T-229/17: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Germany v Commission (Approximation of laws — Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 — Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 — Construction products — Harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006 — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2019-04-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EC conformity marking, European standard, approximation of laws, building materials, harmonisation of standards, launching of a product, marketing standard, quality standard, sports facilities, technical standard








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3.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/70






Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Germany v Commission
(Case T-229/17) (1)

(Approximation of laws - Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 - Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 - Construction products - Harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006 - Obligation to state reasons)
(2019/C 187/74)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented initially by T. Henze and J. Möller, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agents, and by M. Winkelmüller, F. van Schewick and M. Kottmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by G. Zavvos and C. Hermes, and subsequently by C. Hermes and M. Huttunen, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Finland (represented by: S. Hartikainen, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of, first, Commission Decision (EU) 2017/133 of 25 January 2017 on the maintenance with a restriction in the Official Journal of the European Union of the reference of harmonised standard EN 14342:2013 ‘Wood flooring and parquet: Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2017 L 21, p. 113), second, Commission Decision (EU) 2017/145 of 25 January 2017 on the maintenance with a restriction in the Official Journal of the European Union of the reference of harmonised standard EN 14904:2006 ‘Surfaces for sport areas — Indoor surfaces for multi-sports use: Specification’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2017 L 22, p. 62), third, the Commission communication of 10 March 2017 in the framework of the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (OJ 2017 C 76, p. 32), in so far as it refers to harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006, fourth, the Commission Communication of 11 August 2017 in the framework of the implementation of Regulation No 305/2011 (OJ 2017 C 267, p. 16), in so far as it refers to harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006, fifth, the Commission Communication of 15 December 2017 in the framework of the implementation of Regulation No 305/2011 (OJ 2017 C 435, p. 41), in so far as it concerns harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006, and, sixth, the Commission Communication of 9 March 2018 in the framework of the implementation of Regulation No 305/2011 (OJ 2018 C 92, p. 139), in so far as it refers to harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)



Dismisses the action;











2)



Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its costs and those incurred by the European Commission;











3)



Orders the Republic of Finland to bear its own costs.







(1)  OJ C 195, 19.6.2017.