Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v. Commission Reference : T-178/18 C-352/19 P Complaint date : March 8, 2018 Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : European Union, Luxembourg Plaintiffs types : Local authorities Plaintiffs names : Région de Bruxelles-Capitale Defendants : European Commission Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : Antoine Bailleux, Blanche Magarinos Rey Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Herbicide, Glyphosate Requests : Annul the Commission Implementing Regulation of 12 December 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate. Name of the Court : Court of Justice of the European Union of Luxembourg, European Union Jurisdiction level : Decision date : December 3, 2020 Decision nature : Negative Decision content : The action is dismissed as inadmissible. There is no longer any need to rule on the associations' requests to intervene. The Brussels Capital Region shall bear its own costs and pay those borne by the European Commission. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : The region of Brussels sues the European Commission for its decision to renew the authorisation of glyphosate for 5 years. Justice Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN EU), Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Nature & Progrès Belgique, SumOfUs and WeMove Europe moved to intervene in support of the plaintiff's claims. On 02/28/2019, the action is dismissed as inadmissible on the ground of lack of standing to bring proceedings. On 5/1/2019 the Region lodges an appeal against the order of the Court (case C-352/19 P). On 8/5/2019, the Walloon Region (Belgium) requests to intervene in the present case in support of the conclusions of the Brussels-Capital Region. On 10/9/2019, this request is rejected. In his 7/16/2020 conclusions, Advocate General Bobek considers that by denying standing to the Brussels Capital Region concerning the approval of the active substance glyphosate, the General Court erred in law and argues in favour of a more open interpretation of the criteria of direct concern. On dec. 1st, 2020, the appeal is dismissed. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Action brought on 8 March 2018 — Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v Commission Requête Bruxelles-Capitale v. Commission Brussels government takes Commission to EU court over glyphosate Observations sur l'exception d'irrecevabilité, juillet 2018 Ordonnance du tribunal, T-178/18, 02/28/2020 Ordonnance de la cour sur la qualité à agir de la région wallonne, 9/10/2019 Pourvoi, 1/5/2019 Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-352/19 P Advocate General Bobek argues in favour of a more open interpretation of the criteria of direct concern The Brussels Capital Region’s action for annulment of the Commission’s Implementing Regulation renewing the approval of the active substance ‘glyphosate’ is inadmissible