CELEX: 62020TB0160
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-160/20: Order of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — 3M Belgium v ECHA (Action for annulment — REACH — Identification of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) and of its salts as a substance of very high concern — Inclusion in the list of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Time limit for bringing an action — Article 59(10) of Regulation No 1907/2006 — Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure — Inadmissibility)

10.5.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 182/53
            
         
      Order of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — 3M Belgium v ECHA
      (Case T-160/20) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - REACH - Identification of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) and of its salts as a substance of very high concern - Inclusion in the list of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - Time limit for bringing an action - Article 59(10) of Regulation No 1907/2006 - Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure - Inadmissibility)
      (2021/C 182/72)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: 3M Belgium (Diegem, Belgium) (represented by: J.-P. Montfort and T. Delille, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä, W. Broere and T. Zbihlej, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for the annulment of Decision ECHA/01/2020 of ECHA of 16 January 2020 concerning the inclusion of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid and its salts in the list of substances identified with a view to their eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ 2006 L 396, p. 1, corrigendum OJ 2007 L 136, p. 3).
      
         Operative part of the order
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application to intervene by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC).
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  3M Belgium shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), with the exception of those relating to the application to intervene.
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  3M Belgium, ECHA and CEFIC shall each bear their own costs relating to the application to intervene.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 201, 15.6.2020.