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Document 62005TJ0144

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 18 December 2008.
    Pablo Muñiz v Commission of the European Communities.
    Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a meeting of the Working Group of the ‘Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section (Mechanical/Miscellaneous)’ of the Customs Code Committee - Refusal of access - Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process.
    Case T-144/05.

    European Court Reports 2008 II-00335*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2008:596





    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 18 December 2008 – Muñiz v Commission

    (Case T-144/05)

    Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to a meeting of the Working Group of the ‘Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section (Mechanical/Miscellaneous)’ of the Customs Code Committee – Refusal of access – Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process

    European Communities – Institutions – Right of public access to documents – Regulation No 1049/2001 – Exceptions to the right of access to documents (Regulation of the European Parliament and Council No 1049/2001, Art. 2(1) and 4(3), first para.) (see paras 74-75, 82, 84-88, 90-94)

    Re:

    APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 3 February 2005 refusing to grant access to certain documents relating to the September 2004 meeting of the Working Group of the ‘Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section (Mechanical/Miscellaneous) : of the Customs Code Committee.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Annuls the Commission’s decision of 3 February 2005 inasmuch as it refused access to documents, ‘TAXUD/1369/2003’ relating to home cinema, ‘TAXUD/974/2004’ relating to vehicles for dual use, ‘TAXUD/1342/2003’, ‘TAXUD/2465/2004’ and ‘TAXUD/2495/2004’ relating to power supply units, ‘XXI/770/1998’ relating to incomplete ADP machines, and to the minutes of the September 2004 meeting of the Working Group of the ‘Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section (Mechanical/Miscellaneous)’ of the Customs Code Committee (document ‘TAXUD/3010/2004 – Annex V’);

    2.

    Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the remainder of the action;

    3.

    Orders the Commission to pay the costs incurred by Mr Pablo Muñiz.

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