Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:402
Date: 2022-06-29
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2022 – Corneli v ECB (Case T-501/19) 1 (Access to documents – Decision 2004/258/EC – Decision of the BCE to place Banca Carige under temporary administration – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of the confidentiality of information that is protected as such under EU law – General presumption of confidentiality – Concept of confidential information – Obligation to state reasons) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Francesca Corneli (Velletri, Italy) (represented by: F. Ferraro, lawyer) Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: F. von Lindeiner, A. Riso and M. Van Hoecke, acting as Agents, and by D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero, lawyer) Re: By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of European Central Bank (ECB) Decision LS/LDG/19/182 of 29 May 2019 refusing to grant access to its decision of 1 January 2019 placing Banca Carige SpA under temporary administration. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 29 May 2019 refusing to grant access to its decision of 1 January 2019 placing Banca Carige SpA under temporary administration; Orders the ECB to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 312, 16.9.2019.