Judgment_paragraph 8 · International Cadmium Association (ICdA) and Others v European Commission (T-456/11)

8In an opinion of 1999, the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment, established in accordance with Commission Decision 97/579/EC of 23 July 1997 setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer health and food safety (OJ 1997 L 237, p. 18) criticised the 1998 report. To respond to that criticism, the Commission ordered the report entitled ‘The Risks to Health and Environment by Cadmium used as a Colouring Agent or a Stabiliser in Polymers and for Metal Plating’, prepared by another consultancy established in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2000 (‘the 2000 report’). The 2000 report was the subject of an opinion of the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment delivered on 30 October 2001.

International Cadmium Association (ICdA) and Others v European Commission (T-456/11)

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