Judgment_paragraph 81 · Verein zur Wahrung von Einsatz und Nutzung von Chromtrioxid und anderen Chrom-VI-verbindungen in der Oberflächentechnik eV (VECCO) and Others v European Commission (T-360/13)

81As it is, the public consultation provided for by Article 58(4) of Regulation No 1907/2006 does not grant the interested parties specific procedural rights, such as the right of access to documents made available to ECHA or the Commission in the context of the procedure for including substances in Annex XIV to that regulation. Article 58(4) provides only for the right to submit comments. However, the applicants have not argued that their right to submit comments in the context of the public consultation referred to above was not respected by ECHA or the Commission. Consequently, the applicants’ arguments that their rights of defence have been infringed cannot succeed.