CELEX: 62006TA0075
Language: en
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-75/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September 2008 — Bayer CropScience and Others v Commission (Directive 91/414/EEC — Plant protection products — Endosulfan as an active substance — Withdrawal of marketing authorisations — Evaluation procedure — Time-limits — Rights of the defence — Principle of proportionality)

25.10.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 272/19
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September 2008 — Bayer CropScience and Others v Commission
   (Case T-75/06) (1)
   
   (Directive 91/414/EEC - Plant protection products - Endosulfan as an active substance - Withdrawal of marketing authorisations - Evaluation procedure - Time-limits - Rights of the defence - Principle of proportionality)
   (2008/C 272/35)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicants: Bayer CropScience AG (Monheim am Rhein, Germany); Makhteshim-Agan Holding BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands); Alfa Georgika Efodia AEVE (Athens, Greece); and Aragonesas Agro, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: C. Mereu and K. Van Maldegem, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: B. Doherty and L. Parpala, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicants: European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: D. Waelbroeck and N. Rampal, lawyers)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: J. Rodríguez Cárcamo, abogado del Estado)
   Re:
   APPLICATION for the annulment of Commission Decision 2005/864/EC of 2 December 2005 concerning the non-inclusion of Endosulfan in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that active substance (OJ 2005 L 317, p. 25)
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Bayer CropScience AG, Makhteshim-Agan Holding BV, Alfa Georgika Efodia AEVE and Aragonesas Agro, SA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 96, 22.4.2006.