Case T-247/23: Order of the General Court of 30 January 2025 – Maud Tea & Seed v Commission (Action for annulment – Plant protection products – Active substances clothianidin and thiamethoxam – Determination of maximum residue levels for the relevant active substances in or on certain products – Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 – Lawfulness of the authority to act given to the applicant’s lawyers – No direct concern – Inadmissibility)
Date: 2025-01-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: admissibility, consumer protection, food safety, lawyer, pesticide, pesticide residue, power of attorney, tea








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C/2025/2396


28.4.2025






Order of the General Court of 30 January 2025 – Maud Tea & Seed v Commission


(Case T-247/23)
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(Action for annulment - Plant protection products - Active substances clothianidin and thiamethoxam - Determination of maximum residue levels for the relevant active substances in or on certain products - Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 - Lawfulness of the authority to act given to the applicant’s lawyers - No direct concern - Inadmissibility)
(C/2025/2396)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Maud Tea & Seed Co. Ltd (Kolkata, India) (represented by: D. Waelbroeck and I. Antypas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castilla Contreras, J. Norris and M. ter Haar, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, primarily, of Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/334 of 2 February 2023 amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for clothianidin and thiamethoxam in or on certain products (OJ 2023 L 47, p. 29, corrigendum OJ 2023 L 96, p. 89) in its entirety or, in the alternative, of the contested regulation as regards those limits applicable to teas.

Operative part of the order







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The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










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There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the French Republic, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Canada Grains Council, the International Fresh Produce Association, the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance, the National Cotton Council of America, the U.S. Grains Council, the USA Rice Federation and CropLife International.










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Maud Tea & Seed Co. Ltd shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Commission, with the exception of the Commission’s costs relating to the applications to intervene.










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Maud Tea & Seed, the Commission, the Council, the European Parliament, the French Republic, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Canada Grains Council, the International Fresh Produce Association, the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance, the National Cotton Council of America, the U.S. Grains Council, the USA Rice Federation and CropLife International shall bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.






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            OJ C 286, 14.8.2023



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