The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. (Courthouse News photo/Molly Quell) LUXEMBOURG (CN) — In two separate cases, the European Union’s top court found Thursday that the bloc has been too lax in allowing the commercial use of dangerous chemicals. In one case, the European Court of Justice ruled in favor of Sweden, which had been fighting against allowing lead in outdoor paint. In the other, a magistrate found that the court should overturn a ruling upholding a decision to allow the use of a plastic softener linked to infertility. Both cases involve a 2006 law called Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, or REACH, which regulates the use of dangerous chemicals in the 27-member political and economic union.