Case C-471/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 January 2021 — Federal Republic of Germany v Esso Raffinage, European Chemicals Agency, French Republic, Kingdom of the Netherlands (Appeal — Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) — Articles 5 and 6 — General obligation to register substances — Articles 41 and 42 — Evaluation of registration dossiers and compliance check of information submitted by registrants — Declaration of non-compliance — Actionable measure — Interest in bringing proceedings — Locus standi — Respective competences of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and national authorities — Obligation on ECHA to check the compliance of additional information submitted by registrants at its request — ECHA’s power to take an appropriate decision — Article 1 — Objective of protecting human health and the environment — Articles 13 and 25 — Use of animal testing — Promotion of alternative methods)