Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2018 — Mellifera v Commission

(Case T-12/17) (1)

(Consumer protection - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1056 - Implementing Regulation extending the approval period of the active substance ‘glyphosate’ - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Request for internal review - Article 2(1)(g) and Article 10(1) of Regulation No 1367/2006 - Measure of individual scope - Aarhus Convention)

(2018/C 427/61)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Mellifera eV, Vereinigung für wesensgemäße Bienenhaltung (Rosenfeld, Germany) (represented by: A. Willand, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and C. Hermes, acting as Agents)

Re:

APPLICATION based on Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision Ares(2016) 6306335 of 8 November 2016, rejecting the request for internal review based on Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1056 of 29 June 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance ‘glyphosate’ (OJ 2016 L 173, p. 52).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Mellifera eV, Vereinigung für wesensgemäße Bienenhaltung to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 63, 27.2.2017.