Case T-344/15 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 1 September 2015 — France v Commission (Application for interim measures — Access to documents of the institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents sent by the French authorities to the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC — France’s objection to disclosure of the documents — Decision to grant a third party access to the documents — Application for suspension of operation — Urgency — Prima facie case — Weighing up of interests)
Date: 2015-09-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, document, provision of documents, right to information, technical standard








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19.10.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 346/30





Order of the President of the General Court of 1 September 2015 — France v Commission
(Case T-344/15 R)
((Application for interim measures - Access to documents of the institutions - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents sent by the French authorities to the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC - France’s objection to disclosure of the documents - Decision to grant a third party access to the documents - Application for suspension of operation - Urgency - Prima facie case - Weighing up of interests))
(2015/C 346/36)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: French Republic (represented by: F. Alabrune, G. de Bergues, D. Colas and F. Fize, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz and F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application to suspend operation of Decision GESTDEM 2014/6064 of 21 April 2015 concerning a confirmatory application for access pursuant to 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), by which the Commission granted access to two documents emanating from the French authorities which had been sent to the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (OJ 1998 L 204, p. 37).

Operative part of the order







1.


The operation of European Commission decision GESTDEM 2014/6064 of 21 April 2015 concerning a confirmatory application for access pursuant to 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, by which the Commission granted access to two documents emanating from the French authorities which had been sent to the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services, is suspended.










2.


Costs are reserved.