CELEX: C1999/299/30
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Judgement of the Court of First Instance of 19 July 1999 in Case T-14/98: Heidi Hautala v Council of the European Union (Public right of access to Council documents - Decision 93/731/EC - Exceptions to the principle of access to documents - Protection of the public interest concerning international relations - Partial access)

16.10.1999             EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         C 299/23
   JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                    ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                          of 19 July 1999                                                        of 21 May 1999
in Case T-14/98: Heidi Hautala v Council of the European                 in Case T-139/96: MD Foods Amba and Danske Mejeriers
                              Union (1)                                  Fællesorganisation v Commission of the European Com-
                                                                                                    munities (1)
(Public right of access to Council documents — Decision
93/731/EC — Exceptions to the principle of access to                                    (Case not proceeding to judgment)
documents — Protection of the public interest concerning
            international relations — Partial access)
                                                                                                 (1999/C 299/31)
                         (1999/C 299/30)
                                                                                           (Language of the case: Danish)
                   (Language of the case: English)
                                                                         In Case T-139/96: MD Foods Amba, established at Viby
                                                                         (Denmark), and Danske Mejeriers Fællesorganisation, estab-
In Case T-14/98: Heidi Hautala, residing in Helsinki, represent-         lished at Århus (Denmark), represented by G. Lett, of the
ed by Onno W. Brouwer and Thomas Janssens, of the Brussels               Copenhagen Bar, and N. Scandamis, of the Athens Bar, with
Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the                    an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of
Chambers of Marc Loesch, 11 Rue Goethe, supported by                     R. Assa, 1 Rue J.P. Brasseur, v Commission of the European
Republic of Finland (Agents: Holger Rotkirch and Tuula Pynnä)            Communities (Agents: J.L. Iglesias Buhigues and H. Støvlbæk),
and Kingdom of Sweden (Agents: Lotty Nordling, Karin Kussak,             supported by the Hellenic Republic, the Council of the
Kristina Svahn Starrsjö and Anders Kruse) v Council of the               European Union and Koinopraktiki Tyrokomion Monadon
European Union (Agents: Jill Aussant, Giorgio Maganza and                Ioanninon Pindos AEBE — application for annulment of
Martin Bauer) supported by French Republic (Agents: Kareen               Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on
Rispal-Bellanger and Denys Wibaux) — application for annul-              the registration of geographical indications and designations
ment of the Council’s decision of 4 November 1997 to refuse              of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of
the applicant access to a document — the Court of First                  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ 1996 L 148, p. 1)
Instance (First Chamber), composed of: B. Vesterdorf, Presi-             in so far as concerns the registration of feta as a protected
dent, J. Pirrung and M. Vilaras, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has         designation of origin — the Court of First Instance (Third
given a judgment on 19 July 1999, in which it:                           Chamber), composed of: M. Jaeger, President, and K. Lenaerts
                                                                         and J. Azizi, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, made an order on
                                                                         20 May 1999, the operative part of which is as follows:
1. Annuls the Council’s decision of 4 November 1997 refusing the
    applicant access to the report of the Working Group on
    Conventional Arms Exports;                                           1. There is no need to give a decision on the present application;
2. Orders the Council to pay the costs;                                  2. The applicants and the Commission are ordered to bear their
                                                                             own costs;
3. Orders the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the
    French Republic to bear their own costs.                             3. The interveners are each ordered to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 72 of 7.3.1998.                                                 (1) OJ C 354 of 23.11.1996.