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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 October 2010.#Dieter C. Umbach v European Commission.#Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a contract concluded under the TACIS programme - Request for access concerning a dispute between the applicant and the Commission before a Belgian civil court - Partial refusal of access - Request for access based on the principles deriving from the EU Treaty - Overriding public interest.#Case T-474/08.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 October 2010.
Dieter C. Umbach v European Commission.
Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a contract concluded under the TACIS programme - Request for access concerning a dispute between the applicant and the Commission before a Belgian civil court - Partial refusal of access - Request for access based on the principles deriving from the EU Treaty - Overriding public interest.
Case T-474/08.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 October 2010.
Dieter C. Umbach v European Commission.
Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a contract concluded under the TACIS programme - Request for access concerning a dispute between the applicant and the Commission before a Belgian civil court - Partial refusal of access - Request for access based on the principles deriving from the EU Treaty - Overriding public interest.
Case T-474/08.
European Court Reports 2010 II-00234*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2010:443
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 October 2010 – Umbach v Commission
(Case T-474/08)
Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to a contract concluded under the TACIS programme – Request for access concerning a dispute between the applicant and the Commission before a Belgian civil court – Partial refusal of access – Request for access based on the principles deriving from the EU Treaty – Overriding public interest
1. Actions for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Measures producing binding legal effects – Silence or inaction of an institution – Assimilation to an implied decision of refusal – Not included – Limits (Art. 230 EC) (see paras 35-36)
2. European Communities – Institutions – Right of public access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Exceptions to the right of access to documents – Overriding public interest justifying the disclosure of documents – Concept – Individual interest of the applicant – Not included (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Arts 2(1) and 4(2)) (see paras 56, 58-59, 71)
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 2 September 2008 refusing the applicant access to certain data in documents concerning a contract headed ‘TACIS Service Contract No 98.0414’ relating to assistance in the drafting of an administrative code for the Russian Federation. |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders Mr Dieter C. Umbach to pay the costs. |