Judgment of the General Court of 21 May 2014 — Catinis v Commission

(Case T-447/11) (1)

((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to an OLAF investigation concerning the implementation of a project for the modernisation of infrastructure in Syria - Access refused - Exception concerning the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits))

2014/C 212/27

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lian Catinis (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)

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

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of 10 June 2011 refusing, first, to grant the purported request to close OLAF’s investigation concerning a project for the modernisation of infrastructure in Syria and, second, to grant access to certain documents in the file relating to that investigation.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 298, 8.10. 011.