CELEX: 62015CN0060
Language: en
Date: 2015-02-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-60/15 P: Appeal brought on 11 February 2015 by Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 11 December 2014 in Case T-476/12 Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH v European Commission

27.4.2015   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 138/35
            
         Appeal brought on 11 February 2015 by Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 11 December 2014 in Case T-476/12 Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH v European Commission
   
   (Case C-60/15 P)
   (2015/C 138/48)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH (represented by: S. Altenschmidt and P.-A. Schütter, Rechtsanwälte)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The appellant claims that the Court should:
   
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               set aside the judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2014 in Case T-476/12;
            
         
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               uphold the action it brought at first instance seeking annulment of the Commission’s decision of 17 January 2013 (GestDem No 3273/2012).
            
         
      Grounds of appeal and main arguments
   
   The appellant submits that the General Court failed to observe the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 (1) concerning the grounds for refusing to grant free access to environmental information. Contrary to Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 the General Court did not interpret the grounds for refusal laid down in Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 strictly (2). In addition, the General Court did not appropriately take into account the public interest put forth in gaining access to environmental information. Nor is the judgment under appeal in conformity with the Aarhus Convention on access to environmental information, which has been ratified by the European Union.
   
      (1)  Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13).
   
      (2)  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).