Press Release: Order of the President of the General Court in Case T-198/12 R. Germany v Commission

Germany may provisionally continue to apply its existing limit values for certain heavy metals in toys.

Until the final decision of the General Court on the action brought by Germany against the Commission’s decision of 1 March 2012 to approve the existing limit values in Germany for lead and barium in toys only until 21 July 2013 and to no longer approve those for antimony, arsenic and mercury, Germany may continue to apply its existing limit values, which in its view are superior to the new EU standard.