Order — ECLI:EU:C:2018:685
Date: 2018-09-06
Language of the case: Croatian
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties;Access to documents
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling - inadmissible
Origin: Croatia

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Visoki upravni sud (Croatia) lodged on 8 February 2018 — Hrvatska banka za obnovu i razvitak (HBOR) v Povjerenik za informiranje Republike Hrvatske (Case C-90/18) Language of the case: Croatian Referring court Visoki upravni sud Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Hrvatska banka za obnovu i razvitak (HBOR) Defendant: Povjerenik za informiranje Republike Hrvatske Question referred Must the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 15(3) TFEU and Articles 4(1) and (2) 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) be interpreted as precluding national legislation providing that access to information regarding the use of public funds must always be permitted, without exceptions, even when access to that information is restricted on account of its constituting a trade (banking) secret? ____________