The General Court of the European Union has annulled the Regulation (2020/217) classifying titanium dioxide – a chemical substance used as a white pigment in products such as paint, medicines or toys – as a suspected human carcinogen in a judgment that was handed down on Wednesday 23 November (cases T-279&283&288/20).
The General Court, hearing an action brought by the manufacturers of the substance in question, held that, in this case, the requirement to base the classification of a...