Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 September 2015

Fédération des entreprises du commerce et de la distribution (FCD) and Fédération des magasins de bricolage et de l’aménagement de la maison (FMB) v Ministre de l’écologie, du développement durable et de lʼénergie

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment and protection of human health — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) — Articles 7(2) and 33 — Substances of very high concern present in articles — Duties to notify and provide information — Calculation of threshold of 0.1% weight by weight

Case C-106/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/10/2015 FCD and FMB
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:576
10/09/2015 FCD and FMB
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:576
10/09/2015 FCD and FMB
Application (OJ)
25/04/2014 FCD and FMB
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:93
12/02/2015 FCD and FMB
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.15 Chemicals
      4.11.15.01 Chemical substances (REACH)
        4.11.15.01.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.15 Chemicals
      4.11.15.01 Chemical substances (REACH)
        4.11.15.01.01 Scope
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.15 Chemicals
      4.11.15.01 Chemical substances (REACH)
        4.11.15.01.05 Substances of very high concern
          4.11.15.01.05.01 Identification procedure
            4.11.15.01.05.01.03 Obligations of suppliers, producers and importers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.15 Chemicals
      4.11.15.01 Chemical substances (REACH)
        4.11.15.01.05 Substances of very high concern
          4.11.15.01.05.01 Identification procedure
            4.11.15.01.05.01.03 Obligations of suppliers, producers and importers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.15 Chemicals
      4.11.15.01 Chemical substances (REACH)
        4.11.15.01.05 Substances of very high concern
          4.11.15.01.05.01 Identification procedure
            4.11.15.01.05.01.03 Obligations of suppliers, producers and importers


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/03/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/02/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

10/09/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 363 from 03.11.2015, p.12

Application: OJ C 142 from 12.05.2014, p.28

Name of the parties

FCD and FMB

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bergkamp, Lucas ; Herbatschek, Nicolas: The "Once an Article, Always an Article" Approachy, European Journal of Risk Regulation 2015 Nº 1 p.155-164 (EN)
  2. Vaughan, Steven: A Battle of the Norms in EU Chemicals Regulation Space: Reflections on the Court of Justice Decision on the Concept of “Articles” Under REACH, European Journal of Risk Regulation 2015 p.6 Nº 4 p.665 - 670 (EN)
  3. Maître, Marie-Pierre ; Merlant, Élise: REACH : la notion d'article selon la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne, Revue juridique de l'Economie publique 2015 nº 11 p.44-46 (FR)
  4. Maître, Marie-Pierre ; Merlant, Élise: REACH : précisions sur la notion d'article et ses conséquences, Gazette du Palais 2016 nº 4 Jur. p.26-27 (FR)
  5. Gauger, Dörte ; Freytag, Christiane: REACH: "Once an article, always an article" höchstrichterlich bestätigt - Gerichtshof urteilt zu Gunsten deutscher Rechtsauslegung zu Lasten der Wirtschaftsakteure, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2016 p.205-208 (DE)
  6. Korkea-ahol, Emilia: Effects of the EU chemicals regulation REACH in a globalized internal market: FCD and FMB, Common Market Law Review 2016 p.763–778 (EN)
  7. Butković, Marija: Zaštita potrošača u sferi proizvodnje i sigurnosti hrane u praksi Suda pravde Europske unije, Informator 2016 nº 6424 p.6-8 (HR)
  8. Nusser, Jens: Anwendbarkeit der REACH-Verordnung auf Bestandteile von komplexen Erzeugnissen, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2016 p.79-80 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Conseil d'État - France

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Environment
  • Public health

Provisions of national law referred to

Avis aux opérateurs économiques sur l’obligation de communiquer des informations sur les substances contenues dans les articles en application des articles 7.2 et 33 du règlement nº 1907/2006 (Reach), le 8 juin 2011, par le ministre de l’écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Fernlund

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German