Preliminary rulings

This table contains preliminary rulings on the interpretation of legislation affecting ECHA.

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All the available language versions of the court cases, including those which are pending, can be found at the European Court of Justice website.

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Case number Parties Keywords Main Legal Provisions Date of the ruling
C-15/10 Etimine SA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Environment and protection of human health – Directive 67/548/EEC – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Borate substances – Classification as reprotoxic substances in category 2 – Directive 2008/58/EC and Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 – Adaptation of the classifications to technical and scientific progress – Validity – Methods of assessing the intrinsic properties of those substances – Manifest error of assessment – Legal basis – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of proportionality Art. 53 of CLP, Art. 29 of Directive 67/548 21/07/2011
C-14/10 Nickel Institute v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Environment and protection of human health – Directive 67/548/EEC – Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 – Classification of nickel carbonates, nickel hydroxides and a number of grouped nickel substances as dangerous substances – Validity of Directives 2008/58/EC and 2009/2/EC and of Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 – Adaptation of the classifications to technical and scientific progress – Validity – Methods of assessing the intrinsic properties of those substances – Manifest error of assessment – Legal basis – Obligation to state reasons Art. 2(2)(l), (m), (n) of Directive 67/548, Art. 2(a) of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC, Art. 36 and 37 of the CLP 21/07/2011