Case C-558/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 November 2023 — Global Silicones Council, Wacker Chemie AG, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, Shin-Etsu Silicones Europe BV, Elkem Silicones France SAS v American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC), European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Chemicals Agency (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) — Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals — Annex XVII — Updating — Restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances, mixtures and articles — Restrictions concerning octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) — Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances — Very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances — Unacceptable risks)
Date: 2023-11-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: chemical product, chemicals legislation, health risk, market approval, toxic substance








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/463


3.1.2024





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 November 2023 — Global Silicones Council, Wacker Chemie AG, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, Shin-Etsu Silicones Europe BV, Elkem Silicones France SAS v American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC), European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Chemicals Agency
(Case C-558/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) - Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals - Annex XVII - Updating - Restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances, mixtures and articles - Restrictions concerning octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) - Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances - Very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances - Unacceptable risks)
(C/2024/463)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Global Silicones Council, Wacker Chemie AG, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, Shin-Etsu Silicones Europe BV, Elkem Silicones France SAS (represented initially by: A. Bartl, advokát, R. Cana, avocat, A. Kołtunowska, adwokat, and E. Mullier, avocate, and subsequently by A. Bartl, advokát, R. Cana and E. Mullier, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC) (represented initially by A. Moroni, avocate, B. Natens, advocaat, and Me K. Nordlander, advokat, and subsequently by S. De Knop, advocaat, A. Moroni, avocate, and B. Natens, advocaat, and finally by S. De Knop, advocaat, and A. Moroni, avocate), European Commission (represented by: R. Lindenthal and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany (represented initially by: J. Möller and D. Klebs, acting as Agents, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agent), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Chemicals Agency (represented by: W. Broere, A. Hautamäki and M. Heikkilä, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Global Silicones Council, Wacker Chemie AG, Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, Shin-Etsu Silicones Europe BV and Elkem Silicones France SAS to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC) to bear their own costs.






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            OJ C 462, 15.11.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/463/oj
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