Order of the Court of First Instance of 28 November 2005 - European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Stichting Natuur en Milieu v Commission of the European Communities
(Joined Cases T-236/04 and T-241/04) 1 (Action for annulment -Decisions 2004/247/EC and 2004/248/EC - Objection of inadmissibility - Standing to bring proceedings)
Language of the case: English
Parties:
Applicants: European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (Brussels, Belgium) and Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht, Netherlands), represented by: P. van den Biesen and B. Arentz, lawyers.
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities, represented by: B. Doherty.
Intervener in support of the applicants: French Republic, represented by J.-L. Florent and G. de Bergues, acting as Agents.
Intervener in support of the defendant: Syngenta Crop Protection AG, established in Basle, Switzerland, represented by D. Abrahams, Barrister, and C. Simpson, Solicitor.
Application for:
In Case T-236/04, for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2004/248/EC of 10 March 2004 concerning the non-inclusion of atrazine in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (OJ 2004 L 78, p. 53) and, in Case T-241/04, for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2004/247/EC of 10 March 2004 concerning the non-inclusion of simazine in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance (OJ 2004 L 78, p. 50).
Operative part of the Order:
Cases T 236/04 and T 241/04 are joined;
The actions in Cases T 236/04 and T 241/04 are dismissed as inadmissible;
The applicants shall pay, in addition to their own costs, those of the Commission in Cases T-236/04 and T-241/04;
The interveners shall bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 217 of 28.07.2004.