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Case T-344/08: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2012 — EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Administrative file relating to cartel proceedings — Refusal of access — Exception relating to protection of the purpose of investigations — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception concerning the protection of the decision-making process — Obligation of the institution concerned to carry out a concrete, individual examination of the content of the documents covered by the request for access)

SL C 194, 30.6.2012, p. 18–18 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

30.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 194/18


Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2012 — EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg v Commission

(Case T-344/08) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Administrative file relating to cartel proceedings - Refusal of access - Exception relating to protection of the purpose of investigations - Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party - Exception concerning the protection of the decision-making process - Obligation of the institution concerned to carry out a concrete, individual examination of the content of the documents covered by the request for access)

2012/C 194/27

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (Karlsruhe, Germany) (represented by: A. Bach and A. Hahn, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by P. Costa de Oliveira, A. Antoniadis and O. Weber and subsequently by A. Bouquet, P. Costa de Oliveira and A. Antoniadis, Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: K. Petkovska, S. Johannesson and A. Falk, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich, Germany) (represented by: I. Brinker, C. Steinle and M. Holm-Hadulla, lawyers); and ABB Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented: initially by J. Lawrence, Solicitor, and E. Whiteford, Barrister, and subsequently by J. Lawrence and D. Howe, Solicitor)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision SG.E.3/MV/psi D(2008) 4931 of 16 June 2008 refusing access to the case-file in Case COMP/F/38.899 — Gas insulated switchgear

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls Commission Decision SG.E.3/MV/psi D(2008) 4931 of 16 June 2008 refusing access to the case-file in Case COMP/F/38.899 — Gas insulated switchgear;

2.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG;

3.

Orders the Kingdom of Sweden, ABB Ltd and Siemens AG to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 272, 25.10.2008.


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