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Document 62015TA0344

    Case T-344/15: Judgment of the General Court of 5 April 2017 — France v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents sent under the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC — Documents originating from a Member State — Access granted — Exception for the protection of court proceedings — Exception for the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations or audits — Prior agreement of the Member State)

    OJ C 161, 22.5.2017, p. 23–23 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    22.5.2017   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 161/23


    Judgment of the General Court of 5 April 2017 — France v Commission

    (Case T-344/15) (1)

    ((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents sent under the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC - Documents originating from a Member State - Access granted - Exception for the protection of court proceedings - Exception for the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations or audits - Prior agreement of the Member State))

    (2017/C 161/31)

    Language of the case: French

    Parties

    Applicant: French Republic (represented initially by F. Alabrune, G. de Bergues, D. Colas and F. Fize, and subsequently by D. Colas and B. Fodda, and then by D. Colas, B. Fodda and E. de Moustier, acting as Agents)

    Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz and F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, acting as Agents)

    Intervener in support of the applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, T. Müller and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)

    Re:

    Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Commission Decision Ares (2015) 1681819 of 21 April 2015, granting to a citizen access to documents sent by the French Republic in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJ 1998 L 204, p. 37).

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders the French Republic to pay the costs, including those relating to the action for interim measures;

    3.

    Orders the Czech Republic to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 270, 17.8.2015.


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