Order of the President of the General Court of 15 May 2013 – Germany v Commission

(Case T-198/12 R)

(Interim relief – Limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys – Refusal of the Commission to approve, in their entirety, the national provisions notified by the German authorities maintaining the limit values for those substances – Application for provisional measures – Admissibility – Urgency – Fumus boni juris – Balance of interests)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and A. Wiedmann, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Patakia and G. Wilms, Agents)

Re:

Application for provisional approval to continue to apply the national provisions notified by the German authorities concerning the limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys until the General Court has decided on the substance of the case.

Operative part of the order

The European Commission is ordered to authorise the continued application of the national provisions notified by the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys until the General Court has delivered its judgment in the main proceedings.

2.    The application for interim relief is dismissed as to the remainder.

3.    The costs are reserved.