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Document 62023TA0127
Case T-127/23: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – eClear v Commission (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Binding tariff information decisions – Refusal to grant access – Definition of document – Substantial investment – Exception relating to the protection of personal data – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party)
Case T-127/23: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – eClear v Commission (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Binding tariff information decisions – Refusal to grant access – Definition of document – Substantial investment – Exception relating to the protection of personal data – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party)
Case T-127/23: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – eClear v Commission (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Binding tariff information decisions – Refusal to grant access – Definition of document – Substantial investment – Exception relating to the protection of personal data – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party)
OJ C, C/2025/1423, 10.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1423/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/2025/1423 |
10.3.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – eClear v Commission
(Case T-127/23) (1)
(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Binding tariff information decisions - Refusal to grant access - Definition of ‘document’ - Substantial investment - Exception relating to the protection of personal data - Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party)
(C/2025/1423)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: eClear AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: R. Thomas and J. Jasper, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Burón Pérez, A. Spina and M. Heller, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2023) 3193 final of 8 May 2023, in so far as it only granted the applicant access to the non-confidential versions of valid binding tariff information decisions (‘BTI decisions’) and refused access to other BTI decisions adopted between 1 January 2004 and 14 September 2022.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls section 2.4 and section 4, only in so far as that latter section refers to invalid binding tariff information decisions, of Commission Decision C(2023) 3193 final of 8 May 2023; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders the European Commission to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1423/oj
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