Order of the Court of First Instance of 28 November 2005 - European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Others v Commission of the European Communities
(Action for annulment - Objection of inadmissibility - Directive 2003/112/EC - Standing to bring proceedings)
Language of the case: English
Parties:
Applicants: European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (Brussels, Belgium), Pesticides Action Network Europe (London, United Kingdom), International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) (Geneva, Switzerland), European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agricultural and Tourism sectors and allied branches (EFFAT) (Brussels), Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Svenska Naturskyddföreningen (Stockholm, Sweden), represented by P. van den Biesen, G. Vandersanden and B. Arentz, lawyers.
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities, represented by B. Doherty, acting as Agent.
Intervener in support of the defendant: Syngenta Ltd (Guildford, United Kingdom), represented by C. Simpson, Solicitor, and D. Abrahams, Barrister.
Application for:
Annulment of Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include paraquat as an active substance (OJ 2003 L 321, p. 32).
Operative part of the Order:
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
The applicants shall pay, in addition to their own costs, those of the Commission.
The intervener shall bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 106 of 30. 04. 2004.