# C_2021189EN.01002001.xml

| 17.5.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 189/20 |
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17.5.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 189/20

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Action brought on 23 March 2021 — Saure v Commission

(Case T-154/21)

(2021/C 189/22)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Hans-Wilhelm Saure (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: C. Partsch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | annul the Commission’s decision refusing to grant the applicant’s request to access Commission documents, reference GestDem 2021/0592, through the issuing of copies of
  all minutes, summaries, memoranda, notes, files from meetings, negotiations, decisions, proposals, transcripts, emails, letters, records of telephone calls — in particular regarding advance purchase agreements — and specific contracts with pharmaceutical companies for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic drawn up by the ‘Steering Committee’ and ‘Joint Negotiations Team’. By ‘advance purchase agreements’ we understand every contract for the purchase, delivery, securing, reservation, or development of COVID-19 vaccines for EU Member States. |
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annul the Commission’s decision refusing to grant the applicant’s request to access Commission documents, reference GestDem 2021/0592, through the issuing of copies of

all minutes, summaries, memoranda, notes, files from meetings, negotiations, decisions, proposals, transcripts, emails, letters, records of telephone calls — in particular regarding advance purchase agreements — and specific contracts with pharmaceutical companies for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic drawn up by the ‘Steering Committee’ and ‘Joint Negotiations Team’. By ‘advance purchase agreements’ we understand every contract for the purchase, delivery, securing, reservation, or development of COVID-19 vaccines for EU Member States.

| — | order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings. |
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order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on the following pleas in law.

| 1. | First plea in law: The applicant claims that he is entitled to access the European Commission documents at issue in accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. (1) The Commission’s refusal to grant access infringes that provision. |
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First plea in law: The applicant claims that he is entitled to access the European Commission documents at issue in accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. (1) The Commission’s refusal to grant access infringes that provision.

| 2. | Second plea in law: It is submitted that none of the grounds for exclusion set out in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is applicable to the applicant’s right of access. The Commission has not submitted any grounds for exclusion and none is apparent. |
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Second plea in law: It is submitted that none of the grounds for exclusion set out in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is applicable to the applicant’s right of access. The Commission has not submitted any grounds for exclusion and none is apparent.

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(1)  Regulation (EC) No 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).

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