CELEX: 62018CA0178
Language: en
Date: 2020-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Case C-178/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 January 2020 — MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Intervet International BV v European Medicines Agency (EMA) (Appeal — Access to documents of EU institutions, bodies, offices or agencies — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — First indent of Article 4(2) — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Article 4(3) — Protection of the decision-making process — Documents submitted to the European Medicines Agency in the context of a marketing authorisation application for a veterinary medicinal product — Decision to grant a third party access to the documents — General presumption of confidentiality — No obligation for an EU institution, body, office or agency to apply a general presumption of confidentiality)

9.3.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 77/4
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 January 2020 — MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Intervet International BV v European Medicines Agency (EMA)
      (Case C-178/18 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Access to documents of EU institutions, bodies, offices or agencies - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - First indent of Article 4(2) - Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests - Article 4(3) - Protection of the decision-making process - Documents submitted to the European Medicines Agency in the context of a marketing authorisation application for a veterinary medicinal product - Decision to grant a third party access to the documents - General presumption of confidentiality - No obligation for an EU institution, body, office or agency to apply a general presumption of confidentiality)
      (2020/C 77/05)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellants: MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Intervet International BV (represented by: C. Thomas, Barrister, J. Stratford QC, B. Kelly, Solicitor, and P. Bogaert, advocaat)
      
         Other party to the proceedings: European Medicines Agency (initially represented by: T. Jabłoński, S. Marino, S. Drosos and A. Rusanov, subsequently by T. Jabłoński, S. Marino and S. Drosos, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH and Intervet International BV to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 231, 2.7.2018.