CELEX: 62019TA0569
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-569/19: Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — AlzChem Group v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to a procedure for the recovery of State aid following a decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Overriding public interest — Principle of non-discrimination — Obligation to state reasons)

22.11.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 471/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 29 September 2021 — AlzChem Group v Commission
      (Case T-569/19) (1)
      
      (Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a procedure for the recovery of State aid following a decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - Overriding public interest - Principle of non-discrimination - Obligation to state reasons)
      (2021/C 471/60)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: AlzChem Group AG (Trostberg, Germany) (represented by: A. Borsos and J. Guerrero Pérez, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Ehrbar and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 5602 final of 22 July 2019 refusing to grant the applicant access to documents relating to the procedure for the recovery of State aid following a decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders AlzChem Group AG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 363, 28.10.2019.