CELEX: 62004TA0380
Language: en
Date: 2008-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-380/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 30 January 2008 — Ioannis Terezakis v Commission of the European Communities (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the construction of the new Athens International Airport at Spata — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of audits — Partial access)

8.3.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 64/33
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 30 January 2008 — Ioannis Terezakis v Commission of the European Communities
   (Case T-380/04) (1)
   
   (Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to the construction of the new Athens International Airport at Spata - Refusal of access - Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of audits - Partial access)
   (2008/C 64/52)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Ioannis Terezakis (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: initially, L. Defalque, G. Xanthoulis, A. Tsamis, A. Georgiadis, E. Stefanakis, É. Koeune and G. Stylianakis, lawyers, and subsequently, G. Stylianakis, B. Keane, Solicitor, and P. Koutsoukos, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Flynn and P. Aalto, Agents)
   Re:
   Annulment of the Commission's decision of 12 July 2004 refusing the applicant access to certain documents relating to the construction of the new Athens International Airport at Spata
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the Commission's decision of 12 July 2004 in so far as it concerns the refusal of access to the contract of 14 June 1996 signed between Athens International Airport SA and a consortium of companies led by Hochtief AG;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Mr Ioannis Terezakis to bear one half of his own costs;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and pay one half of the costs incurred by Mr Terezakis.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 300, 4.12.2004.