Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/19

(Case T-307/16) (<span class="super note-tag">1</span>)

((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a Commission decision on granting a Euratom loan in support of the Ukraine safety upgrade program of nuclear power units - Partial refusal of access - Exception concerning the protection of the public interest in the field of international relations - Exception concerning the protection of commercial interests - Overriding public interest - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Application to documents relating to decisions taken under the EAEC Treaty))

(2018/C 134/26)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: CEE Bankwatch Network (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: C. Kiss, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Zadra, F. Clotuche-Duvieusart and C. Cunniffe, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: initially M. Holt and D. Robertson, and subsequently S. Brandon, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 2319 final of 15 April 2016 refusing, on the basis 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), access to several documents relating to Commission Decision C(2013) 3496 final of 24 June 2013 on granting a Euratom loan in support of the Ukraine safety upgrade program of nuclear power units.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders CEE Bankwatch Network to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.

(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 305, 22.8.2016.