Judgment of the General Court of 11 February 2015 — Spain v Commission
(Case T-204/11) 1
(Consumer protection — Regulation (EU) No 15/2011 — Methods for the detection of lipophilic toxins in bivalve molluscs — Replacement of the mouse bioassay method by the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method — Article 168 TFEU — Proportionality — Legitimate expectations)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: initially M. Muñoz Pérez, subsequently S. Martínez-Lage Sobredo and lastly A. Rubio González, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Jimeno Fernández and A. Marcoulli, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 15/2011 of 10 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs (OJ 2011 L 6, p. 3).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
________________________1 OJ C 160, 28.5.2011.