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Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 January 2019.
Verein Deutsche Sprache eV v European Commission.
Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to a Commission decision concerning the alteration of the appearance of the press room in the Berlaymont Building to display only the French and English languages — Refusal to grant full access.
Case C-440/18 P.

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Order of the Court of Justice (Eighth Chamber) of 30 January 2019 — Verein Deutsche Sprache v Commission

(Case C‑440/18 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to a Commission decision concerning the alteration of the appearance of the press room in the Berlaymont Building to display only the French and English languages — Refusal to grant full access)

1. 

Appeal — Grounds — Error of law relied on not identified — Plea lacking precision — Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))

(see para. 5)

2. 

Appeal — Grounds — Mistaken assessment of the facts — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts put before the General Court — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted

(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see para. 5)

3. 

Appeal — Grounds — Review by the Court of Justice of the General Court’s refusal to order measures of inquiry — Scope

(Art. 256 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 92(1))

(see para. 5)

4. 

EU institutions — Right of public access to documents — Regulation No 1049/2001 — Refusal of access to a document on the ground that it does not exist or is not held by the institution concerned — Presumption of non-existence based on the statement to that effect by the institution concerned — Simple presumption rebuttable on the basis of relevant and consistent evidence

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Art. 2(3))

(see para. 5)

5. 

Appeal — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Error of law relied on not identified — Inadmissibility

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))

(see para. 5)

Operative part

1. 

The appeal is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2. 

Verein Deutsche Sprache eV is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.


( 1 ) OJ C 294, 20.8.2018.

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