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|  | C/2024/6253 | 28.10.2024 |

Judgment of the General Court of 11 September 2024 – Fachverband Eisenhüttenschlacken v Commission

(Case T-560/22)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202406253EN.000101-E0001)

(EU fertilising products - Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/973 - Limit values for chromium and vanadium in EU fertilising products using ferrous slags as by-products - Criteria on agronomic efficiency and safety for the use of by-products in fertilising products - Precautionary principle - Legal certainty - Proportionality - Obligation to state reasons)

(C/2024/6253)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Fachverband Eisenhüttenschlacken eV (Duisburg, Germany) (represented by: G. Franßen and C. Koenig, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Hermes and R. Lindenthal, Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Article 2(3)(a) and (c) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/973 of 14 March 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down criteria on agronomic efficiency and safety for the use of by-products in EU fertilising products ([OJ 2022 L 167, p. 29](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2022:167:TOC)) so far as concerns the ferrous slags referred to in Article 2(1)(e) of Regulation 2022/973.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Fachverband Eisenhüttenschlacken eV to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6253/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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