1. 

Action for annulment — Admissibility — Dismissal of an action on the substance without ruling on admissibility — Discretion of the EU judicature

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see para. 28)

2. 

EU institutions — Right of public access to documents — Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Scope — Application to administrative files relating to procedures for reviewing State aid — General presumption that the exception applies to the right of access to all the documents on the administrative file — Refusal to grant access — Obligation to state reasons — Scope — Decision upholding an initial decision

(Arts 15(3) and 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Recital 4 and Arts 1 and 4(2))

(see paras 33-36, 39)

3. 

EU institutions — Right of public access to documents — Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Scope — Application to administrative files relating to procedures for reviewing State aid — General presumption that the exception applies to the right of access to all the documents on the administrative file — Application for access formulated during the court proceedings concerning the decision on the substance — Admissibility of the refusal

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Art. 4(2), 3rd indent)

(see paras 44-48, 52)

4. 

EU institutions — Right of public access to documents — Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Scope — Application to administrative files relating to procedures for reviewing compliance with competition rules — Communication to a person envisaging a compensation action for alleged breach of competition rules — Obligation of the applicant to establish the need for access to the documents in question — Duty to balance relevant interests

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Art. 4(2))

(see paras 55, 56, 75)

5. 

Fundamental rights — Right of public access to documents of EU institutions — Limits — Action against a decision refusing access — Examination of legality having regard to measures of secondary law establishing the conditions for access

(Art. 15(3) TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 42 and 52(2); European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001)

(see paras 66-69)

6. 

EU institutions — Right of public access to documents — Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Overriding public interest justifying the disclosure of documents — Concept — Subjective interest of the person concerned in defending himself — Not included

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Art. 4(2))

(see paras 74, 76)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetrieb GmbH to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3. 

Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.