23.10.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 357/10


Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2017 — AlzChem v Commission

(Case T-451/15) (1)

((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a procedure for reviewing State aid - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - Obligation to carry out a specific and individual examination - Overriding public interest))

(2017/C 357/12)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: AlzChem AG (Trostberg, Germany) (represented: initially by A. Borsos and J. Guerrero-Pérez, and subsequently by A. Borsos, J. Guerrero-Pérez and I. Georgiopoulos, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Buchet, M. Konstantinidis and L. Armati, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the Commission decision of 26 May 2015 refusing to grant the applicant access to documents relating to a procedure for reviewing State aid.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders AlzChem AG to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 320, 28.9.2015.