(Case C-609/10 P)

Appeal – Access to the documents of the institutions – ‘TACIS programme’ – Contract concluded by the Commission – Termination of the contract – Dispute between the contracting parties – Application for access to documents – Manifest inadmissibility

Appeals – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the Court of First Instance – Error of law relied on not identified – Manifest inadmissibility (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 112(1)(c) and 119) (see paras 14-17)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 October 2010 in Case T‑474/08 Umbach v Commission, by which that court dismissed an action for the annulment of the Commission Decision of 2 September 2008 refusing the appellant access to certain information included in documents relating to a contract concluded between the appellant and the Commission and concerning assistance with the drafting of an administrative code on behalf of the Russian Federation in the context of the TACIS programme – Application for access concerning the dispute between the appellant and the Commission following the termination of that contract – Infringement of Article 41(2)(b) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Operative part

1.The appeal is dismissed.

2.Mr Umbach is ordered to pay the costs.