CELEX: 62015CA0650
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-650/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG), SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency, Kingdom of the Netherlands, European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) — Article 57 — Substances of very high concern — Identification — Article 2(8)(b) — Exemption — Article 3(15) — Definition of ‘intermediate’ — Acrylamide)

18.12.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 437/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG), SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency, Kingdom of the Netherlands, European Commission
   (Case C-650/15 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) - Article 57 - Substances of very high concern - Identification - Article 2(8)(b) - Exemption - Article 3(15) - Definition of ‘intermediate’ - Acrylamide))
   (2017/C 437/06)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellants: Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG), SNF SAS (represented by E. Mullier and R. Cana, avocats, and by D. Abrahams, Barrister)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Chemicals Agency (represented by M. Heikkilä and W. Broere, acting as Agents, and by J. Stuyck and S. Raes, advocaten), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by M. Bulterman and B. Koopman, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by K. Talabér-Ritz, E. Manhaeve, K. Mifsud-Bonnici and D. Kukovec, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG) and SNF SAS 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
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 48, 8.2.2016.