Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2014 — Hagenmeyer and Hahn v Commission
(Case T-17/12) 1
(Consumer protection — Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 — Health claims made on foods — Refusal to authorise a reduction of disease risk claim — Designation of a risk factor — Lawfulness of the procedure authorising reduction of disease risk claims — Action for annulment — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Direct and individual concern — Admissibility — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Moritz Hagenmeyer (Hamburg, Germany) and Andreas Hahn (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: T. Teufer, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin and S. Grünheid, acting as Agents)
Intervening party in support of the defendant: Council of the Euroepan Union (represented by: I. Šulce, Z. Kupčová and M. Simm, acting as Agents)Re:Application for annulment in part of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1170/2011 of 16 November 2011 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction o
s: M
oritz Hagenmeyer (Hamburg, Germany) and Andreas Hahn (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: T. Teufer, lawyer)Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin and S. Grünheid, acting as Agents)Intervening party in support of the defendant: Council of the Euroepan Union (represented by: I. Šulce, Z. Kupčová and M. Simm, acting as Agents)Re:Application for annulment in part of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1170/2011 of 16 November 2011 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (OJ 2011 L 299, p. 1).Operative part of the judgmentThe Court:Dismisses the action;Orders Mr Moritz Hagenmeyer and Mr Andreas Hahn to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.