COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Environment

EU Court of Justice annuls authorisation for use of chromium trioxide

Brussels, 20/04/2023 (Agence Europe)

In a judgment delivered on Thursday 20 April (Case C-144/21), the Court of Justice of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s implementing decision [C(2020) 8797] which granted, at the end of 2020, an authorisation for certain uses of chromium trioxide under the ‘REACH’ regulation (1907/2006) governing the authorisation of chemical substances in the EU.

The Court of Justice, hearing an application by the European Parliament in this case, followed the recommendations of...