Official Journal of the European Union

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C series

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C/2025/1544

17.3.2025

(Case T-4/25)

(C/2025/1544)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: S. Pappas and A. Pappas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the European Central Bank’s decision of 22 October 2024 rejecting the applicant’s request for public access to documents related to the consultation on the amendment of the Administrative Circular 1/2019 of 23 July 2019 on election rules for elected committees (‘the contested decision’); and

—order the defendant to bear its costs as well as the applicant’s cost for the present proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

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

1.First plea in law, alleging that the ECB has infringed the second indent of Article 4(2) of Decision 2004/258/EC of the European Central Bank (1) (‘Decision ECB/2004/3’).

2.Second plea in law, alleging that Article 4(3) of Decision ECB/2004/3 is illegal and should be left unapplied.

3.Third plea in law, alleging that the ECB infringed Article 4(3) of Decision ECB/2004/3.

4.Fourth plea in law, alleging that the disclosure of the identified documents is justified by an overriding public interest.

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Decision 2004/258/EC of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents (ECB/2004/3) (OJ 2004 L 80, p. 42).

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1544/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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