CJEU Case C-244/16 P / Opinion

Industrias Químicas del Vallés, SA v European Commission
Policy area
Agriculture
Deciding body type
Court of Justice of the European Union
Deciding body
Advocate general
Type
Opinion
Decision date
06/09/2017
ECLI (European case law identifier)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:635
  • CJEU Case C-244/16 P / Opinion

    Key facts of the case:

    Appeal — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Placing on the market of plant protection products and establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of active substance metalaxyl in that list — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Regulatory act that does not entail implementing measures — Individually concerned person.

    Outcome of the case:

    In the light of the foregoing considerations, I therefore propose that the Court:

    • Primarily:
    1. Set aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 16 February 2016, Industrias Químicas del Vallés v Commission (T-296/15, not published, EU:T:2016:79);
    2. Declare admissible the action for annulment brought by Industrias Químicas del Vallés SA against Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution;
    3. Refer the case back to the General Court of the European Union for a ruling on the substance;
    4. Order that the costs be reserved. 
    • In the alternative, in the event that the Court finds the first ground of appeal to be unfounded: 
    1. Dismiss the appeal;
    2. Order Industrias Químicas del Vallés SA to bear the costs.