CELEX: 62018CA0175
Language: en
Date: 2020-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Case C-175/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 January 2020 — PTC Therapeutics International Ltd v European Medicines Agency, European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (Eucope) (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 medicinal product for human use — 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 77/2
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 January 2020 — PTC Therapeutics International Ltd v European Medicines Agency, European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (Eucope)
      (Case C-175/18 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 medicinal product for human use - 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 77/03)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: PTC Therapeutics International Ltd (represented by: G. Castle, B. Kelly, and K. Ewert, Solicitors, and by C. Thomas, Barrister, and M. Demetriou QC)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Medicines Agency (initially represented by: T. Jabłoński, S. Marino, S. Drosos, A. Spina and A. Rusanov, and subsequently by T. Jabłoński, S. Marino and S. Drosos, acting as Agents), European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (Eucope) (represented by: S. Cowlishaw, Solicitor, and D. Scannell, Barrister)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders PTC Therapeutics International Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Medicines Agency (EMA);
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 231, 2.7.2018.