Dow AgroSciences v. European Commission

Reference :

C-584/11P T-475/07

Complaint date :

December 21, 2007

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

European Union, Luxembourg

Plaintiffs types :

Economic stakeholders

Plaintiffs names :

Dow AgroSciences, Makhteshim-Agan, Dintec Agroquímica – Produtos Químicos, Finchimica, Alfa Agricultural Supplies

Defendants :

European Commission

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

No description

Case nature :

EU court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Herbicide, Trifuralin

Requests :

Quash the judgment in Case T-475/07 rejecting the request for annulment of the decision rejecting inscription of trifluralin in Annex 1 of EEC Directive 91/414.

Name of the Court :

Court of Justice of Luxembourg, European Union

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

May 7, 2013

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The action is dismissed.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

The plaintiffs challenge the decision refusing the inclusion of the herbicide trifluralin in Annex 1 of Directive 91/414 on the grounds of its high toxicity to aquatic animals. As the request was rejected on 9/9/2011, the plaintiffs appealed. This was also rejected.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.