CELEX: 62019TA0661
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-661/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 — Sasol Germany and Others v Commission (REACH — Substances of very high concern — Establishment of a list of identified substances with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Decision identifying the substance 4-tert-butylphenol as a substance meeting the criteria for inclusion in the list — Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Weight of evidence approach — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality)

10.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 11/23
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 — Sasol Germany and Others v Commission
      (Case T-661/19) (1)
      
      (REACH - Substances of very high concern - Establishment of a list of identified substances with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - Decision identifying the substance 4-tert-butylphenol as a substance meeting the criteria for inclusion in the list - Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - Weight of evidence approach - Manifest error of assessment - Proportionality)
      (2022/C 11/30)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Sasol Germany GmbH (Hamburg, Germany), SI Group — Béthune (Béthune, France), BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) (represented by: C. Mereu and P. Sellar, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lindenthal and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: D. Klebs, J. Möller, S. Heimerl and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents), European Chemicals Agency (represented by: M. Heikkilä, W. Broere, S. Mahoney and A. Hautamäki, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1194 of 5 July 2019 on the identification of 4 tert-butylphenol (PTBP) as a substance of very high concern pursuant to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2019 L 187, p. 41).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Sasol Germany GmbH, SI Group — Béthune and BASF SE to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 406, 2.12.2019.