Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2022:231
Date: 2022-04-06
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 April 2022 – Saure v Commission (Case T‑154/21) (1) (Action for annulment – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Confirmatory application made prematurely – Article 7 of Regulation No 1049/2001 – No challengeable act – Express refusal to grant access – Modification of the application – Manifest inadmissibility) 1. EU institutions – Right of public access to documents – Regulation No 1049/2001 – Confirmatory application for access – Confirmatory application submitted prematurely – Not permissible (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Arts 7 and 8) (see paras 23, 27, 29-32) 2. Judicial proceedings – Admissibility of actions – Judged by reference to the situation when the application was lodged – New factor – Adaptation of initial forms of order sought and pleas in law – Possibility subject to the admissibility of the initial application (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 86) (see paras 39, 40) Operative part 1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible. 2. Mr Hans-Wilhelm Saure is ordered to bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission in relation to the request to modify the application, and the Commission is ordered to bear its own costs relating to the application. 1 OJ C 189, 17.5.2021.