Case T-274/21: Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2024 – Synadiet and Others v Commission (Consumer protection – Substances prohibited, restricted or under EU scrutiny – Article 8(1) and (2) of, and Annex III to, Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 – Prohibition and placing under control of certain substances and preparations containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives – First, second and third entries in Article 1(1), and Article 1(2), of Regulation (EU) 2021/468 – Concepts of substance, ingredient and preparations – Error of law)
Date: 2024-11-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: consumer protection, food safety, food supplement, health risk, inorganic chemical product, market approval








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C/2025/160


13.1.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2024 – Synadiet and Others v Commission


(Case T-274/21)
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(Consumer protection - Substances prohibited, restricted or under EU scrutiny - Article 8(1) and (2) of, and Annex III to, Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 - Prohibition and placing under control of certain substances and preparations containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives - First, second and third entries in Article 1(1), and Article 1(2), of Regulation (EU) 2021/468 - Concepts of ‘substance’, ‘ingredient’ and ‘preparations’ - Error of law)
(C/2025/160)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Syndicat national des compléments alimentaires (Synadiet) (Paris, France) and 21 other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: A. de Brosses, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, I. Galindo Martín and B. Rous Demiri, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicants: European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM) (Brussels, Belgium), FederSalus – Italian Association of Health Products Manufacturers and Distributors (Rome, Italy) (represented by: A. de Brosses, lawyer)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/468 of 18 March 2021 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives (OJ 2021 L 96, p. 6), in so far as, by the first, second and third entries in Article 1(1) of that regulation, the European Commission included certain hydroxyanthracene derivatives and certain preparations in Parts A and C of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (OJ 2006 L 404, p. 26).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






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Annuls the first, second and third entries in Article 1(1), and Article 1(2), of Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/468 of 18 March 2021 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives;










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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Syndicat national des compléments alimentaires (Synadiet) and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex;










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Orders the European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM) and FederSalus – Italian Association of Health Products Manufacturers and Distributors to bear their own costs.






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            OJ C 263, 5.7.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/160/oj
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