CELEX: 62012CA0350
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-350/12 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 July 2014  — Council of the European Union v Sophie in ’t Veld (Appeal — Access to documents of the institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Third indent of Article 4(1)(a), second indent of Article 4(2), and Article 4(6) — Opinion of the Council’s Legal Service concerning the opening of negotiations for the conclusion of an international agreement — Exceptions to the right of access — Protection of the public interest as regards international relations — Protection of legal advice — Decision partially refusing access)

1.9.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 292/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 July 2014 — Council of the European Union v Sophie in ’t Veld
   (Case C-350/12 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Access to documents of the institutions - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Third indent of Article 4(1)(a), second indent of Article 4(2), and Article 4(6) - Opinion of the Council’s Legal Service concerning the opening of negotiations for the conclusion of an international agreement - Exceptions to the right of access - Protection of the public interest as regards international relations - Protection of legal advice - Decision partially refusing access))
   2014/C 292/03
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Council of the European Union (represented by: P. Berman, B. Driessen and C. Fekete, acting as Agents)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: Sophie in ’t Veld (represented by: O. Brouwer, E. Raedts and J. Blockx, advocaten), European Commission (represented by: B. Smulders and P. Costa de Oliveira, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of Sophie in ’t Veld: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz and N. Görlitz, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;
            
         
               3)
            
            
               Orders the European Parliament and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 303, 6.10.2012.