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Document 62018TN0025
Case T-25/18: Action brought on 19 January 2018 — PAN Europe v Commission
Case T-25/18: Action brought on 19 January 2018 — PAN Europe v Commission
Case T-25/18: Action brought on 19 January 2018 — PAN Europe v Commission
IO C 104, 19.3.2018, p. 47–48
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
19.3.2018 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 104/47 |
Action brought on 19 January 2018 — PAN Europe v Commission
(Case T-25/18)
(2018/C 104/60)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: B. Kloostra, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul Commission decision C(2017) 7604 final of 9 November 2017, partially refusing to grant the applicant access to documents relating to the drafting of Delegated Regulations on scientific criteria for the assessment of endocrine disrupting substances; |
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order the Commission to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging that, by adopting the contested decision, the Commission acted in breach of and wrongly applied Article 4(3), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. (1)
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Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission, by adopting the contested decision, acted in breach of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 (2) and Article 4(3) of Regulation 1049/2001.
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Third plea in law, alleging that the Commission wrongly did not take into account that there is an overriding public interest in the disclosure of the requested information.
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(1) Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13).