Case C-365/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 February 2014 — European Commission v EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Kingdom of Sweden, Siemens AG, ABB Ltd (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Access to documents of the institutions — Documents relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 773/2004 — Access refused — Exceptions relating to the protection of investigations, commercial interests and the decision-making process of the institutions — Obligation upon the institution concerned to carry out a specific, individual examination of the content of the documents covered by the request for access)
Date: 2014-02-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to EU information, administrative procedure, cartel, energy industry








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14.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/6





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 February 2014 — European Commission v EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Kingdom of Sweden, Siemens AG, ABB Ltd
(Case C-365/12 P) (1)

((Appeal - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Access to documents of the institutions - Documents relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC - Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 773/2004 - Access refused - Exceptions relating to the protection of investigations, commercial interests and the decision-making process of the institutions - Obligation upon the institution concerned to carry out a specific, individual examination of the content of the documents covered by the request for access))
2014/C 112/07
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: European Commission (represented by: B. Smulders, P. Costa de Oliveira and A. Antoniadis, Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, (represented by: A. Hahn and A. Bach, Rechtsanwälte), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: C. Meyer-Seitz, Agent), Siemens AG (represented by: I. Brinker, C. Steinle and M. Holm-Hadulla, Rechtsanwälte), ABB Ltd (represented by: J. Lawrence, Solicitor, H. Bergmann and A. Huttenlauch, Rechtsanwälte)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 May 2012 in Case T-344/08 Enbw Energie Baden-Württemberg v Commission by which the General Court annulled Commission Decision SG.E.3/MV/psi D (2008) 4931 of 16 June 2008 refusing access to the case-file in Case COMP/F/38.899 — Gas insulated switchgear — Erroneous interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43) and, in particular, of Article 4(2) and (3) thereof.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 22 May 2012 in Case T-344/08 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg v Commission;










2.


Annuls Commission Decision SG.E.3/MV/psi D (2008) 4931 of 16 June 2008 refusing the request made by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG for access to the case-file in Case COMP/F/38.899 — Gas insulated switchgear, in so far as, by that decision, the European Commission failed to give a decision on EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG’s request to the extent that it sought disclosure of the category 5(b) documents in the file;










3.


Dismisses the action brought by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG before the General Court in Case T-344/08 as to the remainder;










4.


Orders the European Commission and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG to bear their own costs;










5.


Orders the Kingdom of Sweden, Siemens AG and ABB Ltd to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 287, 22.9.2012.