CELEX: 62020CN0235
Language: en
Date: 2020-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Case C-235/20 P: Appeal brought on 5 June 2020 by ViaSat, Inc. against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 26 March 2020 in Case T-734/17, ViaSat v Commission

11.1.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 9/4
            
         
      Appeal brought on 5 June 2020 by ViaSat, Inc. against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 26 March 2020 in Case T-734/17, ViaSat v Commission
      (Case C-235/20 P)
      (2021/C 9/05)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: ViaSat, Inc. (represented by: P. de Bandt, avocat, M. R. Gherghinaru, avocate, J. Ruiz Calzado, abogado, L. Marco Perpiñà, abogada)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission, Inmarsat Ventures Ltd
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The appellant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  declare the present appeal admissible and well-founded and, consequently,
               
            
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                  set aside the judgment under appeal and give a final judgment in this case ordering the Commission to provide the access to the documents requested,
               
            
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                  annul the decision of the Secretary-General of the Commission of 11 January 2018;
               
            
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                  order the Commission to pay the appellant’s costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      First plea in law: error in law regarding the application of a general presumption of confidentiality to the requested documents and violation of Article 4(2) of Regulation No 1049/2001 (1) relating to the protection of commercial interests and of the duty to state reasons.
      Second plea in law: Error in law regarding the existence of an overriding public interest in disclosure and violation of the last clause of Article 4(2) of Regulation No 1049/2001 relating to the protection of commercial interests.
      
         (1)  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).