Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 20.2.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 53/34 |

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Action brought on 9 December 2016 — Verschuur v Commission

(Case T-877/16)

(2017/C 053/42)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Steven Verschuur (Baarn, Netherlands) (represented by: P. Kreijger, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the decision of the Commission of 3 October 2016, C(2016) 6455 final, rejecting the applicant’s confirmatory application[(1)](#ntr1-C_2017053EN.01003401-E0001) for access to documents under Regulation (EC) 1049/2001[(2)](#ntr2-C_2017053EN.01003401-E0002) (GESTDEM 2015/3732); and |

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| — | order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs incurred by the applicant. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.

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| 1. | First plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Article 4(2), third indent, of Regulation 1049/2001 related to the protection of the purpose of investigations, thereby also committing a manifest error of fact. |

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| 2. | Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated the first subparagraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation 1049/2001 related to the protection of the Commission’s decision making process, thereby also giving an inadequate statement of reasons. |

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| 3. | Third plea in law, alleging that the Commission violated Article 4(2), first indent, of Regulation 1049/2001, related to the protection of the commercial interests of a legal person, and Article 4(6) of Regulation 1049/2001, related to the institution’s obligation to grant partial access when only parts of a document are covered by one or more exceptions, thereby also giving an inadequate statement of reasons. |

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