Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 6.12.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 490/30 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — European Union Copper Task Force v Commission

(Case T-153/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021490EN.01003001-E0001)

(Plant protection products - Active substance ‘copper compounds’ - Renewal of approval for placing on the market - Candidates for substitution - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Associations - Proportionality - Precautionary principle - Manifest error of assessment - Expert’s report)

(2021/C 490/31)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Union Copper Task Force (Springfield, United Kingdom) (represented by: I. Moreno-Tapia Rivas and C. Vila Gisbert, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castilla Contreras and I. Naglis, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: L. Stefani, C. Ionescu Dima and A. Tamás, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: D. Kornilaki and E. Karlsson, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1981 of 13 December 2018 renewing the approval of the active substances copper compounds, as candidates for substitution, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 ([OJ 2018 L 317, p. 16](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:317:TOC)).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders European Union Copper Task Force to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs. |

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