CELEX: 62021TN0792
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-792/21: Action brought on 21 December 2021 — ClientEarth v Commission

21.2.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 84/44
            
         
      Action brought on 21 December 2021 — ClientEarth v Commission
      (Case T-792/21)
      (2022/C 84/62)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: ClientEarth AISBL (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: F. Logue, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Commission
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the implied decision of the European Commission dated 12 October 2021 in case GESTDEM No 2021/4394 refusing the applicant’s request for access to documents; (1)
                  
               
            
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                  order the Commission to pay the applicant’s costs pursuant to Articles 133 and 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, including the costs of any intervening parties.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging that the Commission failed to state reasons in breach of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) 1049/2001, (2) Article 41(2)(c), of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 296, paragraph 2, TFEU.
      
         (1)  Editorial note: the documents in question concern the EU’s legislative initiative regarding sustainable corporate governance.
      
         (2)  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).