Order of the General Court of 1 March 2024 - Dakem v Commission
(Case T-341/23) 1
(Action for annulment – Public health – Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/686 – Non-authorisation of a biocidal product (insecticide) – Time limit for bringing proceedings – Point from which time starts to run – Out of time – Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Dakem (Courbevoie, France) (represented by: K. Van Maldegem and P. Sellar, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Cullen and R. Lindenthal, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/686 of 24 March 2023 not granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product ‘Insecticide Textile Contact’ (OJ 2023 L 90, p. 42).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene submitted by the Kingdom of Belgium and by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
3. Dakem shall bear its own costs and pay those of the European Commission, with the exception of those relating to the applications to intervene.
4. Dakem, the Commission, the Kingdom of Belgium and ECHA shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.
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1 OJ C 296, 21.8.2023.