25.2.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 48/33


Order of the Court of First Instance of 28 November 2005 — European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Stichting Natuur en Milieu v Commission of the European Communities

(Joined Cases T-236/04 and T-241/04) (1)

(Action for annulment - Decisions 2004/247/EC and 2004/248/EC - Objection of inadmissibility - Standing to bring proceedings)

(2006/C 48/64)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (Brussels, Belgium) and Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht, Netherlands), represented by: P. van den Biesen and B. Arentz, lawyers.

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities, represented by: B. Doherty.

Intervener in support of the applicants: French Republic, represented by J.-L. Florent and G. de Bergues, acting as Agents.

Intervener in support of the defendant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG, established in Basle, Switzerland, represented by D. Abrahams, Barrister, and C. Simpson, Solicitor.

Application for:

In Case T-236/04, for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2004/248/EC of 10 March 2004 concerning the non-inclusion of atrazine in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (OJ 2004 L 78, p. 53) and, in Case T-241/04, for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2004/247/EC of 10 March 2004 concerning the non-inclusion of simazine in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (OJ 2004 L 78, p. 50).

Operative part of the Order:

1)

Cases T 236/04 and T 241/04 are joined;

2)

The actions in Cases T 236/04 and T 241/04 are dismissed as inadmissible;

3)

The applicants shall pay, in addition to their own costs, those of the Commission in Cases T-236/04 and T-241/04;

4)

The interveners shall bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 217 of 28.07.2004.