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Document 62016TA0074

    Case T-74/16: Judgment of the General Court of (Ninth Chamber) of 8 February 2018 — POA v European Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning an application for the registration of a name under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Documents originating from the Commission — Documents originating from a Member State — Article 4(5) of Regulation No 1049/2001 — Refusal to grant access — Obligation to state reasons — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings — Extent of review by the institution and the EU Courts of the Member State’s grounds for objection)

    OJ C 112, 26.3.2018, p. 29–29 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    26.3.2018   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 112/29


    Judgment of the General Court of (Ninth Chamber) of 8 February 2018 — POA v European Commission

    (Case T-74/16) (1)

    ((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents concerning an application for the registration of a name under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 - Documents originating from the Commission - Documents originating from a Member State - Article 4(5) of Regulation No 1049/2001 - Refusal to grant access - Obligation to state reasons - Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process - Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings - Extent of review by the institution and the EU Courts of the Member State’s grounds for objection))

    (2018/C 112/37)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Pagkyprios organismos ageladotrofon (POA) Dimosia Ltd (Latsia, Cyprus) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

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

    Re:

    Action brought under Article 263 TFEU, seeking annulment of the decision Ares(2015) 5632670 of the Secretary-General of the Commission of 7 December 2015 rejecting the confirmatory application made by letter of 15 September 2015, in which the applicant sought, pursuant to 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), access to documents relating, first, to the application for registration CY/PDO/0005/01243 of ‘Halloumi’ as a protected designation of origin (PDO), in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 2012 L 343, p. 1), and, second, to the earlier application for registration CY/PDO/0005/00766 of ‘Halloumi’ as a PDO.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Pagkyprios organismos ageladotrofon (POA) Dimosia Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.


    (1)  OJ C 145, 25.4.2016.


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