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European Union – Environment. The Court of Justice of the European Union granted the appeals by the European Council and the European Commission requesting the court to set aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Stichting Natuur en Milieu and another (T‑338/08, EU:T:2012:300), by which it had annulled two Commission decisions, rejecting as inadmissible the applications lodged by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe seeking to have the Commission review its Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto.
European Union – Environment. The Court of Justice of the European Union granted the appeals by the European Council and the European Commission requesting the court to set aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Stichting Natuur en Milieu and another (T‑338/08, EU:T:2012:300), by which it had annulled two Commission decisions, rejecting as inadmissible the applications lodged by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe seeking to have the Commission review its Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto.
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