Key facts of the case:

Appeal — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Placing on the market of plant protection products and establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of active substance metalaxyl in that list — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Regulatory act that does not entail implementing measures — Individually concerned person

Outcome of the case:

On those grounds, the Court (Grand Chamber) hereby:

1. Dismisses the appeal;
2. Orders Industrias Químicas del Vallés SA to pay the costs.