CELEX: 62011CA0626
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-626/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group, SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), European Commission, Kingdom of the Netherlands (Appeal — European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) — Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemical substances — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) — Articles 57 and 59 — Substances subject to authorisation — Identification of acrylamide as a substance of very high concern — Inclusion on the candidate list of substances — Publication of the list on the ECHA website — Action for annulment brought prior to that publication — Admissibility)

23.11.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 344/17
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group, SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), European Commission, Kingdom of the Netherlands
   (Case C-626/11 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) - Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemical substances - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) - Articles 57 and 59 - Substances subject to authorisation - Identification of acrylamide as a substance of very high concern - Inclusion on the candidate list of substances - Publication of the list on the ECHA website - Action for annulment brought prior to that publication - Admissibility)
   2013/C 344/27
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Polyelectrolyte Producers Group, SNF SAS (represented by: R. Cana and K. Van Maldegem, avocats)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä and W. Broere, Agents, assisted by J. Stuyck, advocaat), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels and B. Koopman, Agents), European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver and E. Manhaeve, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, extended composition) of 21 September 2011 in Case T-1/10 Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and SNF v ECHA dismissing as inadmissible an action for the annulment of the decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of 7 December 2009, identifying acrylamide (EC No 201-173-7) as a substance fulfilling the criteria referred to in Article 57 of 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), pursuant to Article 59 of that regulation — Act subject to review
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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               Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 21 September 2011 in Case T-1/10 PPG and SNF v ECHA;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Refers the present case back to the General Court of the European Union;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Reserves the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 39, 11.2.2012.