Case C-280/11 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 October 2013 — Council of the European Union v Access Info Europe, Hellenic Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Appeal — Right of access to documents of the institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Article 4(3), first subparagraph — Protection of the institutions’ decision-making process — Note from the Council General Secretariat on the proposals submitted in the course of the legislative process for the revision of Regulation No 1049/2001 — Partial access — Refusal of access to information relating to the identity of Member States which put forward proposals)
Date: 2013-10-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Council, European Parliament, access to EU information, decision-making, provision of documents








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14.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 367/2





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 October 2013 — Council of the European Union v Access Info Europe, Hellenic Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Case C-280/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Right of access to documents of the institutions - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Article 4(3), first subparagraph - Protection of the institutions’ decision-making process - Note from the Council General Secretariat on the proposals submitted in the course of the legislative process for the revision of Regulation No 1049/2001 - Partial access - Refusal of access to information relating to the identity of Member States which put forward proposals)
2013/C 367/02
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and C. Fekete, Agents)

Interveners in support of the appellant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek and D. Hadroušek, Agents), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: S. Centeno Huerta, Agent), French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and N. Rouam, Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Access Info Europe (represented by: O. Brouwer and J. Blockx, advocaten), Hellenic Republic (represented by: E.-M. Mamouna and K. Boskovits, Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Intervener in support of Access Info Europe: European Parliament (represented by A. Caiola and M. Dean, Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of 22 March 2011 in Case T-233/09 Access Info Europe v Council by which the General Court (Third Chamber) annulled the Council's decision of 26 February 2009 refusing in part to grant the applicant access to a note drawn up by the Council General Secretariat and addressed to the Working Party on Information (Document No 16338/08), concerning a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs incurred by Access Info Europe;










3.


Orders the Czech Republic, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic and the European Parliament to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.