CELEX: 62018TA0574
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-574/18: Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Agrochem-Maks v Commission (Plant-protection products — Active substance oxasulfuron — Non-renewal of approval for placing on the market — Obligation to state reasons — Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Manifest error of assessment — Article 6(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and point 2.2 of Annex II to Regulation No 1107/2009 — Precautionary principle)

13.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/24
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Agrochem-Maks v Commission
      (Case T-574/18) (1)
      
      (Plant-protection products - Active substance oxasulfuron - Non-renewal of approval for placing on the market - Obligation to state reasons - Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Manifest error of assessment - Article 6(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and point 2.2 of Annex II to Regulation No 1107/2009 - Precautionary principle)
      (2020/C 230/30)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Agrochem-Maks d.o.o. (Zagreb, Croatia) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis, I. Naglis and G. Koleva, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk, C. Meyer-Seitz, H. Shev, J. Lundberg and H. Eklinder, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application based on Article 263 TFEU, seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1019 of 18 July 2018 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance oxasulfuron, 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 2018 L 183, p. 14).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Agrochem-Maks d.o.o. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in the present action and in the proceedings for interim measures;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 427, 26.11.2018.