CELEX: 62014CA0562
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Case C-562/14 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 May 2017 — Kingdom of Sweden v Darius Nicolai Spirlea, Mihaela Spirlea, European Commission, Czech Republic, Kingdom of Denmark, Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Finland (Appeal — Right of public access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Third indent of Article 4(2) — Exceptions to the right of access to documents — Incorrect interpretation — Protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Overriding public interest justifying the disclosure of documents — General presumption of confidentiality — Documents relating to an EU Pilot procedure)

24.7.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 239/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 May 2017 — Kingdom of Sweden v Darius Nicolai Spirlea, Mihaela Spirlea, European Commission, Czech Republic, Kingdom of Denmark, Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Finland
   (Case C-562/14 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Right of public access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Third indent of Article 4(2) - Exceptions to the right of access to documents - Incorrect interpretation - Protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - Overriding public interest justifying the disclosure of documents - General presumption of confidentiality - Documents relating to an EU Pilot procedure))
   (2017/C 239/02)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk, C. Meyer-Seitz, U. Persson, N. Otte Widgren, E. Karlsson and L. Swedenborg, acting as Agents)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: Darius Nicolai Spirlea, Mihaela Spirlea, European Commission (represented by: H. Krämer and P. Costa de Oliveira, acting as Agents), Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, D. Hadroušek and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Thorning, acting as Agent), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M.J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, acting as Agent), Republic of Finland (represented by: S. Hartikainen, acting as Agent)
   
      Intervener in support of the European Commission: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and A. Lippstreu, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Finland to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 46, 9.2.2015.