Jul 29th, 2025
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On 26 August 2022, the competent German authority submitted a dossier to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in favour of the identification of melamine as substance of very high concern, namely a chemical substance with probable serious effects on human health and the environment under the REACH Regulation.
After receiving the comments of the interested parties and following the unanimous vote of the Member State Committee (MSC), ECHA adopted, on 16 December 2022, a decision identifying melamine as substances of very high concern on the ground that it had probable serious effects on human health and the environment.
A number of undertakings that produce or use melamine, established in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and in the United States – including LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH, Cornerstone Chemical Co. and Fritz Egger GmbH & Co. OG – brought an action before the General Court of the European Union seeking the annulment of that decision.
In its two judgments, the General Court has now rejected all of their arguments and therefore has dismissed their actions.
More information can be found in a recent press release from the EU Court of Justice
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