Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2023:477
Date: 2023-08-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Ireland

Order of the General Court of 11 August 2023 – Flynn v ECB (Case T-675/22) 1 (Action for annulment – Access to documents – Decision 2004/258/EC – Documents relating to exchanges between the ECB and a central bank – Refusal to grant access – Application for directions to be issued – Lack of jurisdiction – Individual act – Lack of standing to bring proceedings – Inadmissibility) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: James T. Flynn (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: E. Dornan, Barrister-at-Law, and K. Winters, Solicitor) Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: A. Korb and M. Estrada Cañamares, acting as Agents, and by M. Kottmann, lawyer) Re: By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of the decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 1 September 2022 refusing to grant access to documents relating to the correspondence between the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Ireland and, second, that the General Court order the ECB to disclose the documents requested. Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed in part on the ground of lack of jurisdiction and in part as being inadmissible. 2. Mr James T. Flynn shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB). ____________ 1 OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.