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Official Journal of the European Union

C 328/65

(Case T-537/19)

(2019/C 328/73)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: DK (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European GNSS Agency

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the GSA decision of 20 May 2019 refusing full access to the document ‘summary of 26 June 2017 by Mr [X]’;

—order the GSA to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.

1.First plea in law, alleging an error of law in the application of Article 4(1)(a) 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). In that regard, the applicant claims that the decision of the European GNSS Agency (GSA) of 20 May 2019 refusing it full access to the document ‘summary of 26 June 2017 by Mr [X]’ is illegal in that that refusal is based on the public security exception provided for in Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation No 1049/2001, whereas the document in question:

—cannot be connected with issues of public security since it concerns a case connected with agency personnel and;

—cannot be classified [RESTREINT/RESTRICTED EU].

2.Second plea in law, alleging an error of law in the application of Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation No 1049/2001. In that regard, the applicant submits that the contested decision is illegal in so far as the refusal is based on the exception in respect of protection of personal data of the natural persons named in the document, provided for in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation No 1049/2001, since relying on that exception is, in the present case, unjustified and disproportionate.