CELEX: 62017TA0168
Language: en
Date: 2020-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-168/17: Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2020 — CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetrieb v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the administrative procedure concerning alleged State aid implemented by the Austrian authorities in favour to concession holders pursuant to the law on gaming — Refusal to grant access — Plea relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Overriding public interest — Obligation to state reasons — Plea of illegality)

9.3.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 77/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2020 — CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetrieb v Commission
      (Case T-168/17) (1)
      
      (Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to the administrative procedure concerning alleged State aid implemented by the Austrian authorities in favour to concession holders pursuant to the law on gaming - Refusal to grant access - Plea relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - Overriding public interest - Obligation to state reasons - Plea of illegality)
      (2020/C 77/59)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetrieb GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by A. Schuster, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by C. Ehrbar, F. Erlbacher and K. Blanck, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by N. Görlitz and D. Moore, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by M. Bauer and E. Rebasti, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 249 final of 13 January 2017 refusing the request for access to documents concerning Case SA.40224 [2014/CP] on the basis of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetrieb GmbH to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;
                  
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  
                     Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.