Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:607
Date: 2025-06-18
Language of the case: Slovenian
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful;Action for annulment
Origin: Slovenia

Action brought on 6 May 2024 – Zver v Commission (Case T-235/24) Language of the case: Slovenian Parties Applicant: Milan Zver (Destrnik, Slovenia) (represented by: J. Stušek, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the Commission’s decision of 7 March 2024, by which the applicant’s request for access was rejected in part; order the defendant immediately to disclose to the applicant, or to grant the applicant access to, all of the requested documents, including email correspondence relating to the organisation of the visit of the Vice-President of the European Commission, Věra Jourová, to Slovenia, which took place from 1 to 3 March 2023; order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings. Pleas in law and main arguments In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law. First plea in law, alleging infringement of essential procedural requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 1 in particular Articles 6, 7 and 8 thereof, as well as general principles of administrative procedure. Second plea in law, alleging infringement of substantive rules of EU law, more specifically due to the incorrect application of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Third plea in law, alleging a misuse of power by the defendant. ____________ 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).