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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2007 - Sweden v Commission

(Case T-229/04) 1

(Directive 91/414/EEC - Plant protection products - Active substance paraquat - Authorisation to place products on the market - Authorisation procedure - Protection of human and animal health)

Language of the case: Swedish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Kruse, Agent)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Ström van Lier and B. Doherty, Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: J. Molde, A. Jacobsen and J. Bering Liisberg, Agents); Republic of Austria (represented by E. Riedl, Agent); and Republic of Finland (represented by T. Pynnä and E. Bygglin, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include paraquat as an active substance (OJ 2003 L 321, p. 32)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include paraquat as an active substance;

Orders the Commission to pay the costs incurred by the Kingdom of Sweden and to bear its own costs;

Orders the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Finland to bear their own costs.

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1 - OJ C 106, 30.4.2004 (formerly Case C-102/04).