Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2019:948
Date: 2019-11-06
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition;Provisions governing the Institutions;Access to documents
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 November 2019 — Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission (Case C‑332/19 P) (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Access to documents — Documents concerning the administrative procedure relating to State aid implemented by the Kingdom of Spain in favour of three professional football clubs — Refusal to grant access — Appeal manifestly unfounded) 1. Appeal —Grounds — Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded — Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181) (see para. 3) 2. Appeal — Grounds — Inadequate statement of reasons — Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning — Whether permissible — Conditions (see paras 5, 6) 3. EU institutions — Right of public access to documents — Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Overriding public interest justifying the disclosure of documents — Concept — Individual interest of the person concerned in defending himself — Not included (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1049/2001, Art. 4(2)) (see paras 5, 6) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed as being manifestly unfounded. 2. Hércules Club de Fútbol SAD shall bear its own costs.