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Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0473decided

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 December 2025.#Speyer & Grund GmbH & Co. KG v Werner & Mertz GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 – Article 3(1)(a) – Concept of ‘biocidal product’ – Condition as to the ‘intended purpose’ of the product – Vinegar-based products intended for use as both foodstuffs and cleaning products/disinfectants for foodstuffs (‘multi-purpose products’) – Scope of Regulation No 528/2012 – Article 2(1) and (2) – Annex V – List of the types of biocidal products covered by the regulation – Protection of human and animal health and the environment.#Case C-473/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 December 2025

Decision· DCELEX 32025D2504in force

Council Decision (EU) 2025/2504 of 27 November 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 24th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols as regards the adoption of amendments to Annexes II and III to its Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean

European Union · EUR-Lex · 27 November 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0117decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#JYSK Kereskedelmi Kft. v Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Obligations of operators placing timber and timber products on the market – Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 – Use, maintenance and regular evaluation of a due diligence system – Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 6 – Group of companies – Access of an operator to a due diligence system maintained and evaluated by its parent company or established by a monitoring organisation and used by that parent company.#Case C-117/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 November 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0117_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025.#JYSK Kereskedelmi Kft. v Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Obligations of operators placing timber and timber products on the market – Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 – Use, maintenance and regular evaluation of a due diligence system – Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 6 – Group of companies – Access of an operator to a due diligence system maintained and evaluated by its parent company or established by a monitoring organisation and used by that parent company.#Case C-117/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 November 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62023TJ0535decided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 12 November 2025.#CEE Bankwatch Network z.s. and Ökobüro - Allianz der Umweltbewegung v Council of the European Union.#Environment – Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy – Request for internal review – Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Refusal of request – Act adopted on the basis of Article 122(1) TFEU – Act not capable of being the subject of a request for internal review – Article 2(1)(g) of Regulation No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘administrative act’ – Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention – Article 2(2) of the Aarhus Convention – Act adopted in a ‘legislative capacity’.#Case T-535/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 November 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62023TJ0534decided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 12 November 2025.#Föreningen Svenskt Landskapsskydd and Others v Council of the European Union.#Environment – Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy – Request for internal review – Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Refusal of request – Act adopted on the basis of Article 122(1) TFEU – Act not capable of being the subject of a request for internal review – Article 2(1)(g) of Regulation No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘administrative act’ – Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention – Article 2(2) of the Aarhus Convention – Act adopted in a ‘legislative capacity’.#Case T-534/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 November 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62023TJ0535_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 12 November 2025.#CEE Bankwatch Network z.s. and Ökobüro - Allianz der Umweltbewegung v Council of the European Union.#Environment – Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy – Request for internal review – Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Refusal of request – Act adopted on the basis of Article 122(1) TFEU – Act not capable of being the subject of a request for internal review – Article 2(1)(g) of Regulation No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘administrative act’ – Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention – Article 2(2) of the Aarhus Convention – Act adopted in a ‘legislative capacity’.#Case T-535/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 November 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62023TJ0534_RESdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 12 November 2025.#Föreningen Svenskt Landskapsskydd and Others v Council of the European Union.#Environment – Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy – Request for internal review – Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Refusal of request – Act adopted on the basis of Article 122(1) TFEU – Act not capable of being the subject of a request for internal review – Article 2(1)(g) of Regulation No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘administrative act’ – Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention – Article 2(2) of the Aarhus Convention – Act adopted in a ‘legislative capacity’.#Case T-534/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 November 2025

Record· TOCELEX 62025TO0391(01)decided

Order of the President of the General Court of 5 November 2025.#DLF Beet Seed ApS and United Beet Seeds v European Chemicals Agency.#Interim relief – Access to documents – Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 – Export notifications for hazardous chemicals that are banned or severely restricted within the European Union – Documents concerning the applicants held by ECHA – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘information [which] relates to emissions into the environment’ – Application for interim measures – No prima facie case.#Case T-391/25 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 5 November 2025

Record· TOCELEX 62025TO0386(01)decided

Order of the President of the General Court of 5 November 2025.#DLF Beet Seed ApS and United Beet Seeds v European Chemicals Agency.#Interim relief – Access to documents – Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 – Export notifications for hazardous chemicals that are banned or severely restricted within the European Union – Documents concerning the applicants held by ECHA – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘information [which] relates to emissions into the environment’ – Application for interim measures – No prima facie case.#Case T-386/25 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 5 November 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0750decided

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 October 2025.#UniSystems Luxembourg Sàrl and Unisystems systimata pliroforikis monoprosopi anonymi emporiki etairia v European Securities and Markets Authority.#Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Provision of development, consultancy and support services in the field of information systems – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Abnormally low tender – Determination of the applicable substantive law – Applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law – Manifest error of assessment.#Case T-750/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 October 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62022TJ0750_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 October 2025.#UniSystems Luxembourg Sàrl and Unisystems systimata pliroforikis monoprosopi anonymi emporiki etairia v European Securities and Markets Authority.#Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Provision of development, consultancy and support services in the field of information systems – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Abnormally low tender – Determination of the applicable substantive law – Applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law – Manifest error of assessment.#Case T-750/22.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 October 2025

Record· TOCELEX 62025TO0305(01)decided

Order of the President of the General Court of 27 October 2025.#DLF Beet Seed ApS and United Beet Seeds v European Chemicals Agency.#Interim relief – Access to documents – Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 – Export notifications for hazardous chemicals that are banned or severely restricted within the European Union – Documents concerning the applicants held by ECHA – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Concept of ‘information [relating] to emissions into the environment’ – Application for interim measures – No prima facie case.#Case T-305/25 R.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 October 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0221_RESdecided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 October 2025.#Naturvårdsverket v UQ and IC.#References for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Waste – Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 – Article 24(2) – Shipment – Take-back when a shipment is illegal – Take-back of the waste by the competent authority of dispatch – Obligation or possibility for that authority to recover or dispose of the waste despite opposition by the initial dispatcher – Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to property – Validity.#Joined Cases C-221/24 and C-222/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 October 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0221decided

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 October 2025.#Naturvårdsverket v UQ and IC.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Mark- och miljööverdomstolen.#References for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Waste – Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 – Article 24(2) – Shipment – Take-back when a shipment is illegal – Take-back of the waste by the competent authority of dispatch – Obligation or possibility for that authority to recover or dispose of the waste despite opposition by the initial dispatcher – Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to property – Validity.#Joined Cases C-221/24 and C-222/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 23 October 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0368_INFdecided

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 October 2025.#European Commission v Hellenic Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Judgment of the Court of Justice establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Non-compliance – Article 260(2) TFEU – Environment – Directives 2008/98/EC and 1999/31/EC – Waste – Landfill on the island of Zakynthos (Greece) – Obligation to close that landfill, which has not been granted the required permit – Pecuniary penalties – Periodic penalty payments – Lump sum.#Case C-368/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 9 October 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62024TJ0169_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 October 2025.#PMC Vlissingen Netherlands BV v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/197 – Classification and labelling of dibutyltin oxide – Criteria for classification of a substance in the hazard class reproductive toxicity, Category 1B – Absence of public consultation on the opinion of ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment – No obligation to review – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Read-across – Maternal toxicity – Manifest error of assessment.#Case T-169/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 October 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62024TJ0169decided

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 October 2025.#PMC Vlissingen Netherlands BV v European Commission.#Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/197 – Classification and labelling of dibutyltin oxide – Criteria for classification of a substance in the hazard class reproductive toxicity, Category 1B – Absence of public consultation on the opinion of ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment – No obligation to review – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Read-across – Maternal toxicity – Manifest error of assessment.#Case T-169/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 October 2025

Record· TOCELEX 62024TO0294(01)_INFdecided

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 September 2025.#Syndicat National des Artistes Tatoueurs et des professionnels du tatouage and Cyril Auville v European Commission.#Non-contractual liability – Environment and protection of human health – Restrictions applicable to substances in tattoo inks or permanent make-up – Regulation (EU) 2020/2081 – Actual and certain damage – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-294/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 19 September 2025

Record· TOCELEX 62024TO0294(01)decided

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 September 2025.#Syndicat National des Artistes Tatoueurs et des professionnels du tatouage and Cyril Auville v European Commission.#Non-contractual liability – Environment and protection of human health – Restrictions applicable to substances in tattoo inks or permanent make-up – Regulation (EU) 2020/2081 – Actual and certain damage – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-294/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 19 September 2025

Report· CCCELEX 62024CC0058decided

Opinion of Advocate General Medina delivered on 11 September 2025.#NE and Others v An Coimisiún Pleanála, anciennement An Bord Pleanála and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Irlande).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 92/43/EEC – Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora – Article 12 – System of strict protection for certain animal species – Article 16 – Decision to grant a derogation in anticipation of a planning permission application for a project covered by Directive 2011/92/EU – Article 11 – Aarhus Convention – Article 9 – Procedural autonomy – Principles of equivalence and effectiveness – Derogation decision classified as an autonomous legal act – Procedural rules providing for a three-month period for seeking the annulment of a derogation licence.#Case C-58/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 September 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62023TJ1024_INFdecided

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 3 September 2025.#London EV Co. Ltd v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) 2019/631 – Carbon dioxide emission performance standards – New passenger cars – Commission Decision specifying the values relating to the performance of manufacturers and pools of manufacturers of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2021 – Scope – Special purpose vehicle – Wheelchair accessible vehicle – Equal treatment – Proportionality – Legitimate expectations – Obligation to state reasons – Plea of illegality.#Case T-1024/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 3 September 2025

Record· TJCELEX 62023TJ1024decided

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 3 September 2025.#London EV Co. Ltd v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) 2019/631 – Carbon dioxide emission performance standards – New passenger cars – Commission Decision specifying the values relating to the performance of manufacturers and pools of manufacturers of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2021 – Scope – Special purpose vehicle – Wheelchair accessible vehicle – Equal treatment – Proportionality – Legitimate expectations – Obligation to state reasons – Plea of illegality.#Case T-1024/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 3 September 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0071_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 1 August 2025.#French Republic v European Commission.#Appeal – Environment and protection of human health – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 – Classification of titanium dioxide in powder form containing 1% or more of particles of a diameter equal to or below 10 μm – Criteria for classification of a substance as carcinogenic – Reliability and acceptability of scientific studies – Calculation of lung overload in particles – ‘Decisive’ nature of a scientific study – Distortion of the evidence – Error of law – Choice of calculation parameters – Particle density – Scientific assessment – Exceeding the limits of judicial review – Concept of ‘intrinsic properties’ – Grounds included for the sake of completeness.#Case C-71/23 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 1 August 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0461_SUMdecided

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 August 2025.#Asociación Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética Recursos Naturais de la Xunta de Galicia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Article 6 – Consultations with authorities likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local and regional competences, and with the public concerned – Public participation in decision-making – Article 6(3)(b) – Scope of the concept of ‘main reports and advice’.#Case C-461/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 1 August 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62024CJ0461decided

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 August 2025.#Asociación Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética Recursos Naturais de la Xunta de Galicia.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment – Article 6 – Consultations with authorities likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local and regional competences, and with the public concerned – Public participation in decision-making – Article 6(3)(b) – Scope of the concept of ‘main reports and advice’.#Case C-461/24.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 1 August 2025

Record· CJCELEX 62023CJ0784_RESdecided

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 1 August 2025.#OÜ Voore Mets and AS Lemeks Põlva v Keskkonnaamet.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2009/147/EC – Conservation of wild birds – Article 5 – Prohibitions to ensure the protection of birds – Article 9 – Derogations – Articles 16 and 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Prohibition on felling trees during the period of bird breeding and rearing.#Case C-784/23.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 1 August 2025

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