Orders nº T-621/17 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, July 18, 2019

• Resolution Date: July 18, 2019
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-621/17

(Removal from the register)

In Case T-621/17,

Taminco BVBA, established in Gent (Belgium),

Arysta LifeScience Great Britain Ltd, established in Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),

represented by C. Mereu and M. Grunchard, lawyers,

applicants,

v

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), represented by D. Detken and S. Gabbi, acting as Agents, and by R. van der Hout and C. Wagner, lawyers,

defendant,

supported by

European Commission, represented by G. Koleva, I. Naglis and F. Castilla Contreras, acting as Agents,

intervener,

APPLICATION under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the European Food Safety Authority of 18 July 2017, notified to the applicants on 20 July 2017, on the assessment of the confidentiality claims made in relation to the application for renewal of the approval process for Thiram as an active substance.

1 By application lodged at the Court Registry on 14 September 2017, the applicants brought the present action.

2 By separate document lodged at the Court Registry on the same day, Taminco BVBA lodged an application for interim measures.

3 On 10 January 2018, the European Commission was granted leave to intervene in support of the forms of order sought by EFSA in the main proceedings.

4 On 12 October 2018, the President of the Court ordered that Taminco’s application for interim measures be dismissed and that the decision as to costs be reserved (Taminco/EFSA, T-621/17 R, EU:T:2018:763).

5 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 25 April 2019, the applicants informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that they wished to discontinue proceedings. They sought no order as to costs.

6 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 29 April 2019, EFSA requested that the applicants be ordered to pay their own costs and the costs of EFSA.

7 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 8 May 2019, the Commission informed the Court that it had no observations on the discontinuance.

8 Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings is to be ordered to pay the costs, if they have been applied for in the...