CELEX: 62008TA0380
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-380/08: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Netherlands v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Request seeking to obtain access to certain confidential passages of the final decision of the Commission relating to a cartel — Refusal of access — Obligation to state reasons — Obligation to carry out a specific, individual examination — Exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations — Overriding public interest — Sincere cooperation)

26.10.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 313/16
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Netherlands v Commission
   (Case T-380/08) (1)
   
   (Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Request seeking to obtain access to certain confidential passages of the final decision of the Commission relating to a cartel - Refusal of access - Obligation to state reasons - Obligation to carry out a specific, individual examination - Exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual - Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations - Overriding public interest - Sincere cooperation)
   2013/C 313/28
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, M. de Mol and M. de Ree, Agents)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet and P. Costa de Oliveira, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 30 June 2008 refusing access to certain confidential passages of Decision C(2006) 4090 final (Case COMP/F/38.456 — Bitumen (Netherlands)),
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 285, 8.11.2008.