Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 September 2016

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP v European Commission

Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to discussions preceding the adoption of the directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of legal advice — Rights of the defence — Overriding public interest

Case T-755/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
07/10/2016 Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission
Provisions governing the institutions
- Access to documents
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents
View pdf documents
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2016:482		 15/09/2016 Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission
Provisions governing the institutions
- Access to documents
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents
Available in :
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2016:482		 15/09/2016 Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission
Provisions governing the institutions
- Access to documents
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
09/01/2015 Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission
Provisions governing the institutions
- Access to documents
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents
View pdf documents
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

Not yet published (General Report - Section 'Information on unpublished decisions')

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.01 Strict interpretation and application
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.03 Concrete, individual examination of the documents
          2.03.02.01.03.01 Obligation to carry out a concrete, individual examination
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.02 Prior balancing of the interests at stake
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.02 Obligation to state reasons
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.04 Protection of court proceedings and legal advice
          2.03.02.03.04.02 Legal advice
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.04 Protection of court proceedings and legal advice
          2.03.02.03.04.02 Legal advice
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.04 Protection of court proceedings and legal advice
          2.03.02.03.04.02 Legal advice
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.01 Overriding public interest
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.04 Protection of court proceedings and legal advice
          2.03.02.03.04.02 Legal advice
-
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.04 Protection of court proceedings and legal advice
          2.03.02.03.04.02 Legal advice


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion

Information not available


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 14/11/2014

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/09/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 392 from 24.10.2016, p.30

Application: OJ C 26 from 26.01.2015, p.37

Name of the parties

Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

Information not available



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Wetter

Advocate General

Information not available

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available