Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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Order of the General Court of 5 February 2025 – EF v EUIPO

(Case T-316/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202502402EN.000101-E0001)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Selection procedures organised remotely by EUIPO during the COVID-19 pandemic - Data protection impact assessment - Refusal to grant access - Decision to grant access adopted after the action was brought - No need to adjudicate)

(C/2025/2402)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: EF (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Lekan and A. Ketels-Salet, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 April 2024 rejecting his request under 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](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2001:145:TOC)) and seeking access to EUIPO’s data protection impact assessment concerning selection procedures conducted remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Operative part of the order

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| 1. | There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action. |

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| 2. | EF and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall each bear their own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2402/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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