CELEX: 62016TA0644
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-644/16: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2018 — ClientEarth v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Commission documents relating to the compatibility with EU law of Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the Investment Court System in EU trade agreements — Partial refusal of access — Exception concerning the protection of the public interest as regards international relations — Exception concerning the protection of legal advice — Exception concerning the protection of the decision-making process — Overriding public interest)

27.8.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/27
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2018 — ClientEarth v Commission
      (Case T-644/16) (1)
      
      ((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Commission documents relating to the compatibility with EU law of Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the Investment Court System in EU trade agreements - Partial refusal of access - Exception concerning the protection of the public interest as regards international relations - Exception concerning the protection of legal advice - Exception concerning the protection of the decision-making process - Overriding public interest))
      (2018/C 301/34)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: ClientEarth (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: O. Brouwer, lawyer, and N. Frey, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Clotuche-Duvieusart and J. Baquero Cruz, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 4286 final of 1 July 2016, refusing access to certain documents relating to the compatibility with EU law of Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the Investment Court System in EU trade agreements.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders ClientEarth to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.