Case T-384/25: Action brought on 11 June 2025 – PAN Europe v Commission
Date: 2025-06-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: environmental protection, environmental risk prevention, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, prevention of pollution, scientific research








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C/2025/4316


11.8.2025






Action brought on 11 June 2025 – PAN Europe v Commission


(Case T-384/25)

(C/2025/4316)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: B. Kloostra, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the Commission’s confirmatory decision Ares(2025)2657591, dated 2 April 2025, rejecting the applicant’s request for internal review regarding Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2186 (1) (‘the contested decision’);










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order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on following pleas in law.






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First plea in law, alleging a violation of Article 17(3) TEU (in carrying out its responsibilities, the Commission shall be completely independent) and Articles 6(f) and 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).










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Second plea in law, alleging a violation of Articles 1(3) and 4 of Regulation 1107/2009:






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a violation of Articles 1(3), 4 and 4(3)(b) of Regulation 1107/2009 where it concerns the ‘one chemical approach’;










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a violation of Articles 1(3), 4 and 4(2)(a) of Regulation 1107/2009 where it concerns cumulative effects;










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a violation of Articles 1(3), 4 and 4(2)(a) of Regulation 1107/2009 where it concerns synergistic effects.














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Third plea in law, alleging a violation of Articles 4, 14(1) and 6 of Regulation 1107/2009 and of the obligation to state reasons, including:






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a manifest error of assessment and non-compliance with Articles 4(5), 14(1) and 6 of Regulation 1107/2009;










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a violation of Article 4 of Regulation 1107/2009 with regard to factual inaccurate information underlying the contested decision;










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a violation of Article 4, more specifically Article 4(5) of Regulation 1107/2009 as the contested decision is not based on the ‘current scientific and technical knowledge’;










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a violation of Articles 4(5) and 6(f) of Regulation 1107/2009 where it concerns the acceptance of data gaps in the contested decision.














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Fourth plea in law, alleging a violation of Article 4(3)(e) and 4(1) of Regulation 1107/2009 with regard to risks to the environment.










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Fifth plea in law, alleging a violation of Article 4(1), (2)(a) and (3) of Regulation 1107/2009 regarding pollution by metabolites.










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Sixth plea in law, alleging a violation of Article 4, more specifically Article 4(1) and (3), and Article 12(1) of Regulation 1107/2009, in that recent scientific insights have been disregarded (arthropods).






(1)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2186 of 3 September 2024 renewing the approval of the active substance captan in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L, 2024/2186).

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ 2009 L 309, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4316/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)