Court of Justice (Seventh Chamber) 20 March 2025, C-809/23 (Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe SAS v Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) and Compagnie européenne de réalisations antiparasitaires SAS France (CERA).)

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The Court's judgment addresses the interpretation of various provisions related to biocidal products, specifically concerning the access to information on the technical equivalence of active substances. The core legal dispute centers on whether the refusal to grant full access to a report by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) regarding the technical equivalence of substances is justified under the applicable regulations and directives, particularly in light of commercial confidentiality and public interest considerations. The Court ruled that requests for such information must be assessed under Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, even if they pertain to products authorized under the earlier Directive 98/8/EC, and clarified the conditions under which access to specific information can be granted or denied.AI