Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:614
Date: 2018-09-27
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2018 — Spiegel–Verlag Rudolf Augstein and Sauga v ECB (Case T-116/17) 1 (Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Documents concerning the public debt and the budget deficit of an EU Member State — Refusal of access — Exceptions relating to the economic policy of the European Union and of a Member State) Language of the case: German Parties Applicants: Spiegel–Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) and Michael Sauga (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Koreng and T. Feldmann, lawyers) Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented by: F. von Lindeiner and T. Filipova, acting as Agents, assisted by D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero and L.E. Capiel, lawyers) Re: Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Executive Board of the ECB, notified to the applicants by letter of 15 December 2016, rejecting their application for access to two documents concerning the public deficit and the public debt of the Hellenic Republic. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Spiegel–Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG and Mr Michael Sauga to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB). ____________ 1 OJ C 121, 18.4.2017.