Order — ECLI:EU:T:2020:575
Date: 2020-11-27
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible

Action brought on 29 October 2019 — PL v Commission (Case T-728/19) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: PL (represented by: J.-N. Louis, lawyer) Defendant: European Commission Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the decisions of the Commission of 13 August and 26 September 2019 refusing in part access to the documents referred to in the applicant’s application and confirmative application of 4 December 2018, registered on 28 February 2019, on the basis of the exception laid down in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 relating to privacy and the integrity of the individual; order the European Commission to bear the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law. 1. First plea in law, alleging infringement of 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). 2. Second plea in law, alleging infringement of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ 2001 L 8, p. 1). 3. Third plea in law, alleging breach of Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. 4. Fourth plea in law, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons. ____________