Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Crosfield Italia v ECHA
(Case T-587/14) 1
(REACH — Fee for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to micro-, small-and medium-sized enterprises — Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Crosfield Italia Srl (Verona, Italy) (represented by: M. Baldassarri, lawyer)
Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (represented initially by M. Heikkilä, E. Bigi, J.-P. Trnka and E. Maurage, and subsequently by M. Heikkilä, J.-P. Trnka and E. Maurage, Agents, and by C. Garcia Molyneux, lawyer)
Re:
Application, first, under Article 263 TFEU, for annulment of Decision SME(2013) 4672 of the ECHA of 28 May 2014, which states that the applicant does not fulfil the conditions to receive a reduction of the fee for small enterprises and imposing an administrative charge on it and, second, under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the invoices issued by the ECHA following adoption of Decision SME(2013) 4672.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Decision SME(2013) 4672 of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of 28 May 2014;
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.