Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2013 – Hungary v Commission
(Case T-240/10) 1
(Approximation of the laws – Deliberate release into the environment of GMOs – Marketing authorisation procedure – EFSA Scientific Opinions – Committee procedure – Regulatory procedure – Infringement of an essential procedural requirement – Finding of the Court of its own motion)
Language of the case: Hungarian
Parties
Applicant: Hungary (represented by: Z. Fehér and K. Szíjjártó, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: A. Sipos and L. Pignataro-Nolin, and subsequently by: A. Sipos and D. Bianchi, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and S. Memez, acting as Agents); Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented initially by: C. Schiltz, and subseqeuntly by: P. Frantzen, and finally by: L. Delvaux and D. Holderer, acting as Agents); Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer and E. Riedl, acting as Agents); and Republic of Poland (represented initially by: M. Szpunar, B. Majczyna and J. Sawicka, and subsequently by: B. Majczyna and J. Sawicka, acting as Agents)
Re:
Annulment of Commission Decision 2010/135/EU of 2 March 2010 concerning the placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of a potato product (Solanum tuberosum L. line EH92-527-1) genetically modified for enhanced content of the amylopectin component of starch (OJ 2010 L 53, p. 11), and of Commission Decision 2010/136/EU of 2 March 2010 authorising the placing on the market of feed produced from the genetically modified potato EH92-527-1 (BPS-25271-9) and the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of the potato in food and other feed products under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2010 L 53, p. 15).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Decision 2010/135/EU of 2 March 2010 concerning the placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of a potato product (Solanum tuberosum L. line EH92-527-1) genetically modified for enhanced content of the amylopectin component of starch and Commission Decision 2010/136/EU of 2 March 2010 authorising the placing on the market of feed produced from the genetically modified potato EH92-527-1 (BPS-25271-9) and the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of the potato in food and other feed products under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Hungary;
Orders the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland to bear their own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.