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Document 62005TJ0141

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 5 June 2008.
Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV v Commission of the European Communities.
Action for annulment - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Partial refusal - Non-actionable measure - Merely confirmatory measure - Inadmissibility.
Case T-141/05.

European Court Reports 2008 II-00084*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2008:179





Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 5 June 2008 – Internationaler Hilfsfonds v Commission

(Case T-141/05)

Action for annulment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Partial refusal – Non-actionable measure – Merely confirmatory measure – Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment – Actionable measures – Meaning – Measures producing binding legal effects (Art. 230 EC; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Arts 7(1) and 8; Commission Decision 2001/937, Annex, Arts 3 and 4) (see paras 56-57, 79, 108-110)

2.                     European Ombudsman – Alternative to an action before the Community judicature – Not possible to pursue both remedies in parallel (Art. 195(1) EC; Statute of the European Ombudsman, Art. 2(6) and (7)) (see para. 59)

3.                     Actions for annulment – Action against a decision merely confirming a previous decision (Art. 230 EC) (see paras 69-70, 81-82)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the alleged decision contained in the letter of the Commission of 14 February 2005 refusing the applicant access to certain documents from the file regarding the contract LIEN 97-2011.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2.

Orders Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV to pay its own costs and those of the Commission.

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