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Document 62025TN0053
Case T-53/25: Action brought on 24 January 2025 – Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know v Commission
Case T-53/25: Action brought on 24 January 2025 – Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know v Commission
Case T-53/25: Action brought on 24 January 2025 – Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know v Commission
OJ C, C/2025/1773, 31.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1773/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2025/1773 |
31.3.2025 |
Action brought on 24 January 2025 – Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know v Commission
(Case T-53/25)
(C/2025/1773)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Public.Resource.Org, Inc. (Sebastopol, California, United States), Right to Know CLG (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: F. Logue, Solicitor, and J. Hackl, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicants claim that the Court should:
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Annul the defendant’s implied decision of 9 January 2025 to refuse access to documents as requested by the applicants under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (1) and Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies; (2) |
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Order the defendant to pay the costs pursuant to Articles 133 and 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, including the costs of any intervening parties. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicants rely on a single plea in law, to the effect that the Commission failed to state reasons, in breach of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 1049/2001, Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 296, paragraph 2, TFEU.
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The Commission failed to make an express confirmatory decision and therefore has breached its obligation to provide the applicants with sufficient and adequate reasons for its implied decision to refuse access to documents in the format requested or in an existing format. |
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13).
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