CELEX: 62015CA0324
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-324/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2017 — Hitachi Chemical Europe GmbH, Polynt SpA v New Japan Chemical, REACh ChemAdvice GmbH, Sitre Srl, European Chemicals Agency, Kingdom of the Netherlands, European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) — Article 57(f) — Authorisation — Substances of very high concern — Identification — Equivalent level of concern — Hexahydromethylphthalic anhydride, hexahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride, hexahydro-1-methylphthalic anhydride and hexahydro-3-methylphthalic anhydride)

15.5.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 151/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2017 — Hitachi Chemical Europe GmbH, Polynt SpA v New Japan Chemical, REACh ChemAdvice GmbH, Sitre Srl, European Chemicals Agency, Kingdom of the Netherlands, European Commission
   (Case C-324/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) - Article 57(f) - Authorisation - Substances of very high concern - Identification - Equivalent level of concern - Hexahydromethylphthalic anhydride, hexahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride, hexahydro-1-methylphthalic anhydride and hexahydro-3-methylphthalic anhydride))
   (2017/C 151/07)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Hitachi Chemical Europe GmbH, Polynt SpA (represented by: C. Mereu and M. Grunchard, avocats)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: New Japan Chemical (represented by: C. Mereu and M. Grunchard, avocats), REACh ChemAdvice GmbH (represented by: C. Mereu and M. Grunchard, avocats), Sitre Srl (represented by: C. Mereu and M. Grunchard, avocats), European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: M. Heikkilä, C. Buchanan, W. Broere and T. Zbihlej, acting as Agents, and J. Stuyck, advocaat), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Schillemans and M. Bulterman, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: D. Kukovec and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Hitachi Chemical Europe GmbH and Polynt SpA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA);
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Commission to bear their own costs;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders New Japan Chemical and REACh ChemAdvice GmbH to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 311, 21.9.2015.