Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2024/2754

29.4.2024

(Joined Cases T- 682/21 and T 683/21)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Opinion of the Council’s legal service regarding a proposal by the Commission concerning an amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 and regarding advice issued by the Aarhus Committee - Partial refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of legal advice - Legal opinions that are particularly sensitive in nature or have a particularly wide scope going beyond the context of the legislative process in question - Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process - Exception relating to the protection of the public interest regarding international relations - Overriding public interest)

(C/2024/2754)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: ClientEarth AISBL (Ixelles, Belgium), Päivi Leino-Sandberg (Helsinki, Finland) (represented by: O. Brouwer and T. van Helfteren, lawyers, and S. Gallagher, Solicitor)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S. Saez Moreno and A. Maceroni, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of the decisions contained in the letters with reference numbers SGS 21/2869 and SGS 21/2870 of the Council of the European Union of 9 August 2021, refusing them access in part to document 8721/21.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decisions contained in the letters with references SGS 21/2869 and SGS 21/2870 of the Council of the European Union of 9 August 2021 refusing access in part to Document 8721/21 by ClientEarth AISBL and by Ms Päivi Leino-Sandberg;

2.Orders the Council to pay the costs.

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OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2754/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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* Language of the case: English.