Title:
Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS v. Commission of the European Communities
Party:
European Union
Region:
Europe
Type of document:
International court
Date of text:
January 23, 2008
Data source:
InforMEA
Court name:
European Court of Justice
Seat of court:
Luxembourg
Justice(s):
M. Poiares Maduro
Reference number:
C-236/07P(R)
Abstract:
In an order delivered on 23 January 2008, the ECJ dismissed the appeal of Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo against an order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 26 February 2007. The company had initially lodged an action at the CFI for the annulment of Directive 2006/132/EC of 11 December 2006 amending Council Directive 91/414/EECD placing a ban on procymidone, a pesticide produced by Suomito, as of 30 June 2008, and subsequently in this case an application of interim measures in order to suspend the application of the Directive as long as the case is ruled upon. The CFI decided that interim measures were not justified because of lack of urgency, which the ECJ agreed with and dismissed the appeal.