ECJ Access to documents Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 Documents relating to proceedings for failure to fulfil obligations Decision refusing access – Protection of physical persons in relation to processing of personal data Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 – Concept of private life. Citations: T-194/04, [2007] EUECJ T-194/04 Links: Bailii European Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.261354

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents exchanged with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at trial – Decision taken following the partial annulment by the Court’s decision Initial – Partial refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of international relations ‘ T-658/14, [2015] EUECJ … Continue reading Jurasinovic v Council: ECFI 7 Oct 2015

ECJ Appeal – Order for interim measures – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Access to documents of the institutions – Documents held by the European Medicines Agency in the context of an application for authorisation to place a medicinal product on the market – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – … Continue reading European Medicines Agency v Abbvie Ltd: ECJ 28 Nov 2013

ECJ Appeal – Order for interim measures – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Access to documents of the institutions – Documents held by the European Medicines Agency in the context of an application for authorisation to place a medicinal product on the market – Decision to grant a third party access to the documents – … Continue reading European Medicines Agency v Intermune, Inc: ECJ 28 Nov 2013

ECJ Appeal – Access to the documents of the institutions – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001- Exceptions to the right of access – Article 4(1)(a), first and third indents – Public security – International relations C-576/12, [2013] EUECJ C-576/12 Bailii Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 European Updated: 26 November 2021; Ref: scu.518757

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to a State aid control procedure – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits – Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests of a third party – Obligation to make … Continue reading Sea Handling v Commission: ECFI 25 Mar 2015

ECJ Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to the draft international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – Negotiating documents – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of the public interest with regard to international relations – Manifest error of assessment – Proportionality – Obligation to state reasons … Continue reading Sophie In’t Veld v European Commission: ECFI 19 Mar 2013

ECJ Appeals – Access to documents of the institutions – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to merger control proceedings – Regulations (EEC) No 4064/89 and (EC) No 139/2004 – Refusal to grant access – Exceptions relating to the protection of investigations, commercial interests, legal advice and the decision-making process of the institutions – … Continue reading Commission v Editions Odile Jacob: ECJ 28 Jun 2012

ECJ Appeal – Access to documents of the institutions – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to merger control proceedings – Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 – Refusal of access – Exceptions relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations, commercial interests, legal advice and the decision-making process of the institutions Judges: Lenaerts P … Continue reading Commission v Agrofert Holding: ECJ 28 Jun 2012

ECFI Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to contract LIEN 97-2011 – Partial refusal of access – Determination of the subject-matter of the initial application – Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual – Exception relating to protection of the decision-making process – Principle … Continue reading Internationaler Hilfsfonds v Commission: ECFI 22 May 2012

ECFI Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to an infringement procedure which has been closed – Documents originating from a Member State – Grant of access – Prior agreement of the Member State Citations: T-59/09, [2012] EUECJ T-59/09 Links: Bailii Statutes: Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 European Updated: 04 October 2022; … Continue reading Germany v Commission: ECFI 14 Feb 2012

ECFI Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Statement of contents of the administrative file relating to a cartel proceeding – Refusal of access – Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party – Exception relating to protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits Judges: Pelikanova R … Continue reading CDC Hydrogene Peroxide v Commission: ECFI 15 Dec 2011

ECFI Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Refusal of access – documents relating to infringement proceedings under way for a dam project on the river Sabor – Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits – Environmental information – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Obligation to make … Continue reading LPN v Commission French Text: ECFI 9 Sep 2011

ECFI Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Document concerning an ongoing legislative procedure – Partial refusal of access – Action for annulment – Period allowed for bringing proceedings – Admissibility – Disclosure by a third party – Interest in bringing proceedings not lost – Identification of the Member State delegations which made … Continue reading Access Info Europe v Council: ECFI 22 Mar 2011

ECJ Appeals Access to documents of the institutions Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 Legal opinion. Citations: Times 04-Jul-2008, [2008] EUECJ C-52/05, C-52/05P, C-39/05P Links: Bailii Citing: See Also – Sweden and Turco v Council and Others (Law Governing The Institutions) ECJ 29-Nov-2007 Where a member state submitted documents to a Community institution requesting that such docments … Continue reading Turco and Kingdom of Sweden (supported by Denmark, Finland and The Netherlands) v Council of the European Union (supported by Commission of the European Communities and United Kingdom): ECJ 1 Jul 2008

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Article 4(2), third indent – Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Article 6(1) – Detailed opinion of the Commission concerning a draft Order relating to the annual declaration of nanoparticle substances, notified by … Continue reading Schlyter v Commission: ECFI 16 Apr 2015

ECJ (Judgment) Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Documents relating to endocrine-disrupting chemicals – Partial refusal of access – Exception relating to the decision-making process – Article 4(3) of Regulation No 1049/2001 ECLI:EU:T:2016:519, [2016] EUECJ T-51/15 Bailii Regulation No 1049/2001 European European Updated: 23 January 2022; Ref: … Continue reading Pan Europe v Commission: ECFI 20 Sep 2016

ECJ (Judgment) Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to discussions preceding the adoption of the directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to … Continue reading Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission: ECFI 15 Sep 2016

(Judgment) Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – EACEA human resources audit report – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of the objectives of inspection, investigation and audit T-646/18, [2020] EUECJ T-646/18, ECLI: EU: T: 2020: 120 Bailii European European Updated: 18 January 2022; Ref: scu.654854

ECJ Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to OLAF’s investigation file – Action for annulment – implicit and explicit refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the individual’s integrity – Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests of a third party – Exception relating … Continue reading Strack v Commission (Judgment (Extracts)) French Text: ECFI 26 Apr 2016

ECJ Appeal – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents held by the European Medicines Agency and produced in connection with proceedings concerning an application for a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product – Decision to grant a third party access to those documents – Suspension of operation of that decision – … Continue reading European Medicines Agency v Pari Pharma GmbH (Order): ECJ 17 Mar 2016

ECFI Public service contracts – Tender procedure – Shuttle service in Italy and Europe – Tenderer’s bid rejected – Decision to award the contract to another tenderer – Non-contractual liability – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Bid of the successful tenderer – Access refused – Exception relating to the protection of … Continue reading Cosepuri Soc. Coop. Pa v European Food Safety Authority: ECFI 29 Jan 2013

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Opinion of the Council’s legal service concerning proposals for a Directive and a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation – Partial refusal of access – Exception relating to protection of legal … Continue reading Miettinen v Council: ECFI 18 Sep 2015

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to the award of public contracts and the conclusion of the ensuing contracts – Request seeking the production of documents in the context of criminal proceedings – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity … Continue reading McCullough v Cedefop: ECFI 11 Jun 2015

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents considered in the context of a financial audit of the implementation of certain research contracts under the Sixth Framework Programme for actions research, technological development and demonstration – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, … Continue reading Technion And Technion Research and Development Foundation v Commission: ECFI 12 May 2015

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to two national procedures relating to competition – Documents submitted to the Commission by a national competition authority in the framework of cooperation under the provisions of the law of Union – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection … Continue reading Union De Almacenistas De Hierros De Espana v Commission: ECFI 12 May 2015

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Pleadings lodged by the Republic of Austria in the context of infringement proceedings before the Court – Refusal of access M. Martins Ribeiro, P ECLI:EU:T:2015:124, T-188/12, [2015] EUECJ T-188/12 Bailii Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 European Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.543679

ECJ (Judgment) Appeal – Civil service – Officials – Remuneration – Annual adjustment of the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants – Weighting for officials and agents assigned to Varese – Articles 64-65 bis status – Annex IX status – Regulation (EU) No 1239/2010 – Obligation to state reasons – Access to documents … Continue reading Van Der Aat And Others v Commission: ECFI 11 Dec 2014

ECFI Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Document issued by Germany as part of an EU Pilot procedure – Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5 – Article 4, paragraph 2, third indent – Refusal access – Breach of essential procedural requirements – Duty to carry out a concrete, individual examination … Continue reading Spirlea v Commission: ECFI 25 Sep 2014

ECJ Judgment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to a study of the costs and benefits to merchants of accepting different payment methods – Documents drawn up by a third party – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process – Exception relating to … Continue reading Mastercard and Others v Commission: ECFI 9 Sep 2014

ECFI Order – Referred – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents held by ECHA containing information submitted by a company in connection with its application for authorization of the use of a chemical – Decision to grant a third party access to documents – Application for suspension of operation – Urgency … Continue reading Deza v ECHA: ECFI 25 Jul 2014

Europaa Appeals – Right of access to documents of the institutions – Pleadings lodged by the Commission in proceedings before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance. C-514/07, [2009] EUECJ C-514/07 – O Bailii European Cited by: Opinion – Sweden v API and Commission (Law Governing The Institutions) ECJ 21-Sep-2010 ECJ (Grand … Continue reading Sweden v API and Commission (Law Governing The Institutions): ECJ 1 Oct 2009