Case T-375/22: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Izuzquiza and Others v Parliament (Access to documents – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to the allowances and expenses paid to a Member of Parliament and the salaries and allowances of his or her parliamentary assistants – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual – Article 4(1)(b) and (6) of Regulation No 1049/2001 – Protection of the data subject’s legitimate interests – Necessity of the transmission of personal data for a specific purpose in the public interest – Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, access to EU information, allowances and expenses, data protection, data-processing law, personal data, protection of privacy, servant (EU)








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/3763


24.6.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Izuzquiza and Others v Parliament


(Case T-375/22)
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(Access to documents - Protection of personal data - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to the allowances and expenses paid to a Member of Parliament and the salaries and allowances of his or her parliamentary assistants - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual - Article 4(1)(b) and (6) of Regulation No 1049/2001 - Protection of the data subject’s legitimate interests - Necessity of the transmission of personal data for a specific purpose in the public interest - Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725)
(C/2024/3763)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Luisa Izuzquiza (Berlin, Germany), Arne Semsrott (Berlin), Stefan Wehrmeyer (Berlin) (represented by: J. Pobjoy, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz and J.-C. Puffer, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of the decision of the European Parliament bearing reference A(2021)10718C of 8 April 2022 (‘the contested decision’) refusing them access to Parliament documents containing information relating to the allowances obtained by Mr Ioannis Lagos and his parliamentary assistants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Parliament bearing reference A(2021)10718C of 8 April 2022, in so far as it refuses to grant Ms Luisa Izuzquiza, Mr Arne Semsrott and Mr Stefan Wehrmeyer access, on the one hand, to the documents relating to reimbursements of travel expenses and subsistence allowances paid by the Parliament to Mr Ioannis Lagos and containing personal data concerning him and, on the other hand, to the documents relating to reimbursements of travel expenses paid to Mr Lagos’ parliamentary assistants by the Parliament and containing personal data concerning those assistants;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the Parliament to pay the costs.






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            OJ C 326, 29.8.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3763/oj
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