CELEX: 62017TA0719
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-719/17: Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — FMC v Commission (Plant-protection products — Active substance flupyrsulfuron-methyl — Non-renewal of inclusion in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 — Assessment procedure — Proposed classification of an active substance — Precautionary principle — Rights of defence — Legal certainty — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Principle of non-discrimination — Principle of sound administration — Legitimate expectations)

10.5.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 182/51
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — FMC v Commission
      (Case T-719/17) (1)
      
      (Plant-protection products - Active substance flupyrsulfuron-methyl - Non-renewal of inclusion in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 - Assessment procedure - Proposed classification of an active substance - Precautionary principle - Rights of defence - Legal certainty - Manifest error of assessment - Proportionality - Principle of non-discrimination - Principle of sound administration - Legitimate expectations)
      (2021/C 182/68)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: FMC Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) (represented by: D. Waelbroeck, I. Antypas and A. Accarain, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: X. Lewis, G. Koleva and I. Naglis, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1496 of 23 August 2017 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance DPX KE 459 (flupyrsulfuron methyl), 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ 2017 L 218, p. 7).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders FMC Corporation to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission, including those relating to the substitution procedure and the proceedings for interim measures.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 22, 22.1.2018.