62021CJ0782_INF
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 April 2023 –Aeris Invest v ECB
(Case C‑782/21 P) (
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(Appeal – Access to documents of the EU institutions – Decision 2004/258/EC – Application for access to certain documents concerning the adoption of a resolution scheme for Banco Popular Español, S.A. – Refusal to grant access – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)
EU institutions – Right of public access to documents – Decision 2004/258 of the European Central Bank (ECB) – Exceptions to the right of access to documents – Overriding public interest justifying the disclosure of documents – Concept – Subjective interest of the person concerned in defending himself – Not included – Infringement of the right to effective judicial protection – None
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 52(1); European Central Bank Decision 2004/258, Arts 2(1) and 4(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 37-42, 52, 53)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Aeris Invest Sàrl to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Banco Santander, S.A.;
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
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)	OJ C 128, 21.3.2022.