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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 256 : paragraph 65
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A58L1 : paragraph 65
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01 : paragraphs 3, 28, 40
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01L2 : paragraph 27
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04 : paragraphs 29, 32, 72, 73
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L1 : paragraphs 4, 37, 38, 60, 74
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C1 : paragraph 27
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C2 : paragraphs 27, 32
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C4 : paragraph 28
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C6 : paragraphs 2, 33
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C11 : paragraph 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05 : paragraphs 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -266/05 : paragraphs 29, 30
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -510/06 : paragraph 65
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07 : paragraphs 27 - 30, 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/08 : paragraphs 27 - 31
• General Court - Judgment T -233/09 : paragraphs 1 - 78
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -477/10 : paragraph 72
• Court of Justice - Order C -626/10 : paragraph 65

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -233/09

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 207 -P3L2 : points 39, 41
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 251 : point 38
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 252 : point 38
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 -P1 : point 39
  
• TFEU, Article 289 : points 38, 42
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 : points 1, 3, 50, 55, 78
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01LA : point 5
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3 : points 2, 30 - 32, 35, 51, 52, 57, 59, 62, 80
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L1 : point 49
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L2 : points 6, 49
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C6 : points 4, 41
  
• Decision 2006/683 : point 41
  
• Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52011PC0137 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05 : points 3, 42, 53, 54, 68, 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07 : points 74, 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/08 : point 74
  
• General Court - Judgment T -233/09 : points 1 - 87
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 31/05/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 16/05/2013

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

17/10/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 238 from 13.08.2011, p.6

Judgment: OJ C 367 from 14.12.2013, p.2

Name of the parties

Council v Access Info Europe

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Kotnik-Šumah, Kristina: V prid večje transparentnosti zakonodajnega procesa v Svetu EU, Pravna praksa 2013 nº 42-43 p.30 (SL)
2. Dupont-Lassalle, Julie: Accès aux documents et protection du processus décisionnel, Europe 2013 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.16 (FR)
3. Fura, Elisabet: Våga värna öppenheten – den behövs nu mer än någonsin!, Svensk Juristtidning 2014 Nr 3 p.267-272 (SV)
4. Abazi, Vigjilenca ; Hillebrandt, Maarten: The legal limits to confidential negotiations: Recent case law developments in Council transparency: Access Info Europe and In ’t Veld, Common Market Law Review 2015 p.825-845 (EN)
5. Lea, Stephen ; Cardwell, Paul James: Transparency Requirements in the Course of a Legislative Procedure: Council v. Access Info Europe, European Public Law 2015 p.61-80 (EN)
6. Peraldi-Leneuf, Fabienne: Accès aux documents, Europe 2018 avril nº 4 p.14-15 (FR)
7. Peraldi-Leneuf, Fabienne: Accès aux documents, Europe 2018 avril nº 4 p.15-17 (FR)

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

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Tizzano

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Spanish