CELEX: 62008TA0120
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-120/08: Judgment of the General Court of (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2011 — Arch Chemicals and Others v Commission (Action for annulment — Health policy — Marketing of biocidal products — Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 — Not individually concerned — Inadmissibility — Default procedure)

29.10.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/12
            
         Judgment of the General Court of (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2011 — Arch Chemicals and Others v Commission
   (Case T-120/08) (1)
   
   (Action for annulment - Health policy - Marketing of biocidal products - Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 - Not individually concerned - Inadmissibility - Default procedure)
   2011/C 319/22
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Arch Chemicals, Inc. (Norwalk, Connecticut, United States); Arch Timber Protection Ltd (Castleford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom); Rhodia UK Ltd (Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Sumitomo Chemical (UK) plc (London, United Kingdom); Troy Chemical Co. BV (Vlaardingen, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Van Maldegem and C. Mereu, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver and E. Kružíková, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicants: European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), (Brussels, Belgium) (represented: initially by Y. van Gerven and V. Terrien, and subsequently by Y. van Gerven, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of Article 3(2), Article 4, Article 7(3), the second subparagraph of Article 14(2), Article 15(3), Article 17 of and Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ 2007, L 325, p. 3)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene made by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Arch Chemicals, Inc., Arch Timber Protection Ltd, Rhodia UK Ltd, Sumitomo Chemical (UK) plc and Troy Chemical Co. BV to bear their own costs;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 128, 24.5.2008.