27.6.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/37


Judgment of the General Court of 6 April 2022 — Saure v Commission

(Case T-506/21) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Contracts concluded by the Commission on behalf of the Member States for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines - Invitation emails to meetings of the Steering Committee - Partial refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual - The transmission of personal data is not necessary for a specific purpose in the public interest - Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725)

(2022/C 244/49)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Hans-Wilhelm Saure (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: C. Partsch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann, G. Gattinara and A. Spina, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the European Commission of 9 June 2021 partially refusing to grant him access to certain documents.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Mr Hans-Wilhelm Saure to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 412, 11.10.2021.