Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2011. # Arch Chemicals, Inc. and Arch Timber Protection Ltd (T-75/04), Rhodia UK Ltd (T-77/04), Sumitomo Chemical (UK) plc (T-78/04) and Troy Chemical Co. BV (T-79/04) v European Commission. # Actions for annulment - Health policy - Placing on the market of biocidal products - Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 - Not individually concerned - Inadmissibility. # Joined cases T-75/04 and T-77/04 to T-79/04.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION for annulment of Article 3, Article 4(2), Article 5(3), the second subparagraph of Article 10(2), Article 11(3), Article 13, Article 14(2) of and Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000 (OJ 2003 L 307, p. 1).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the actions;

2. Orders Arch Chemicals, Inc., Arch Timber Protection Ltd, Rhodia UK Ltd, Sumitomo Chemical (UK) plc and Troy Chemical Co. BV to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission including, in the case of Sumitomo Chemical (UK) plc, those relating to the application for interim relief;

3. Orders the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) to bear their own costs.