Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2011 - Gutknecht v Commission
(Non-contractual liability - Health policy - Biocidal products - Establishment of a list of active substances on the market - Adoption of regulations by the Commission by virtue of Directive 98/8/EC - Causal link)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Jürgen Gutknecht (Kirchheimbolanden, Germany) (represented by: K. Van Maldegem and C. Mereu, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver and G. Wilms, acting as Agents)
Re:
ACTION for damages seeking compensation for the loss suffered following the allegedly unlawful adoption by the Commission of various regulations pursuant to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ 1998 L 123, p. 1) or, in the alternative, following the alleged failure by the Commission to adopt the measures necessary to ensure the right to protection of information supplied under that directive.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Jürgen Gutknecht to bear his own costs and to pay those of the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.