Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2007 - Sweden v Commission
(Directive 91/414/EEC - Plant protection products - Active substance paraquat - Authorisation to place products on the market - Authorisation procedure - Protection of human and animal health)
Language of the case: Swedish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Kruse, Agent)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Ström van Lier and B. Doherty, Agents)
Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: J. Molde, A. Jacobsen and J. Bering Liisberg, Agents); Republic of Austria (represented by E. Riedl, Agent); and Republic of Finland (represented by T. Pynnä and E. Bygglin, Agents)
Re:
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 judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include paraquat as an active substance;
Orders the Commission to pay the costs incurred by the Kingdom of Sweden and to bear its own costs;
Orders the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Finland to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 106, 30.4.2004 (formerly Case C-102/04).