T-561/08

Subject of the case Operative part

Re:

ACTION for damages seeking compensation for the loss suffered following the allegedly unlawful adoption by the Commission of various regulations pursuant to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ 1998 L 123, p. 1) or, in the alternative, following the alleged failure by the Commission to adopt the measures necessary to ensure the right to protection of information supplied under that directive.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Mr Jürgen Gutknecht to bear his own costs and to pay those of the European Commission.