Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 March 2014 —
Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission

(Case C‑199/13 P)

Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH regulation) — Restrictions on the placing on the market and use of acrylamide — Regulation (EU) No 366/2011 amending Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006

1.                     Approximation of laws — Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals — Regulation No 366/2011 amending the REACH Regulation — Imposition of restrictions on acrylamide — Discretion of the EU institutions — Scope — Judicial review — Limits (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1907/2006, Annex XVII; Commission Regulation No 366/2011, Art. 1) (see para. 26)

2.                     Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 34, 35, 52)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgement of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 1 February 2013 in Case T‑368/11 Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission wherein the General Court dismissed an action for annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 366/2011 of 14 April 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (OJ 2011 L 101, p. 12) insofar as it imposes restrictions on the marketing of acrylamide for grouting applications.

Operative part:

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. Polyelectrolyte Producers Group, SNF SAS and Travetanche Injection SPRL are ordered to pay the costs.

3. The Kingdom of the Netherlands is ordered to bear its own costs.