CELEX: 62011TA0368
Language: en
Date: 2013-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-368/11: Judgment of the General Court of 1 February 2013 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission (REACH — Transitional measures concerning the restrictions on the placing on the market and use of acrylamide for grouting applications — Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons)

16.3.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 79/16
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 1 February 2013 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission
   (Case T-368/11) (1)
   
   (REACH - Transitional measures concerning the restrictions on the placing on the market and use of acrylamide for grouting applications - Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - Proportionality - Obligation to state reasons)
   2013/C 79/28
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Polyelectrolyte Producers Group (Brussels, Belgium); SNF SAS (Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France); and Travetanche Injection SPRL (Brussels) (represented by: K. Van Maldegem and R. Cana, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver and E. Manhaeve, Agents, assisted by K. Sawyer, Barrister)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, M. Noort and B. Koopman, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 366/2011 of 14 April 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Acrylamide) (OJ 2011 L 101, p. 12).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Polyelectrolyte Producers Group, SNF SAS and Travetanche Injection SPRL to bear the costs they have incurred in the main proceedings and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Travetanche Injection to pay the costs relating to the proceedings for interim measures;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 282, 24.9.2011.