Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:876
Date: 2018-12-05
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Ireland

Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2018 — Campbell v Commission (Case T-312/17) 1 (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning an infringement procedure brought by the Commission against the Republic of Lithuania — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of inspections, investigations and audits — General presumption — Overriding public interest) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Liam Campbell (Dundalk, Ireland) (represented by: J. MacGuill and E. Martin-Vignerte, Solicitors) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Ehrbar and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 2448 final of 7 April 2017 refusing access to documents relating to infringement procedure 2013/0406 against the Republic of Lithuania regarding the application of Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings (OJ 2010 L 280, p.1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Mr Liam Campbell and the European Commission each to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 249, 31.7.2017.