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Case T-380/08: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Netherlands v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Request seeking to obtain access to certain confidential passages of the final decision of the Commission relating to a cartel — Refusal of access — Obligation to state reasons — Obligation to carry out a specific, individual examination — Exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations — Overriding public interest — Sincere cooperation)

OJ C 313, 26.10.2013, p. 16–16 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

26.10.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 313/16


Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Netherlands v Commission

(Case T-380/08) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Request seeking to obtain access to certain confidential passages of the final decision of the Commission relating to a cartel - Refusal of access - Obligation to state reasons - Obligation to carry out a specific, individual examination - Exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual - Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations - Overriding public interest - Sincere cooperation)

2013/C 313/28

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, M. de Mol and M. de Ree, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet and P. Costa de Oliveira, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 30 June 2008 refusing access to certain confidential passages of Decision C(2006) 4090 final (Case COMP/F/38.456 — Bitumen (Netherlands)),

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action.

2.

Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.


(1)  OJ C 285, 8.11.2008.


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