Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 July 2010.

Agrofert Holding a.s. v European Commission.

Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a procedure concerning a merger between undertakings - Refusal to grant access.

Case T-111/07.



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
14/08/2010 Agrofert Holding v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2010:285
07/07/2010 Agrofert Holding v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2010:285
07/07/2010 Agrofert Holding v Commission
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2007:368
06/12/2007 Agrofert Holding v Commission
Application (OJ)
09/06/2007 Agrofert Holding v Commission
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2010 II-00128*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Annulment of the Commission’s Decisions of 2 August 2006 and 13 February 2007 refusing to grant the applicant access to certain unpublished documents concerning a procedure relating to a concentration of undertakings (Case COMP/M.3543 – PKN Orlen/Unipetrol)

Systematic classification scheme

1.
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
        2.03.02.03.03 Protection of commercial interests
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
          2.03.02.01.03.02 Exceptions to the obligation to carry out a concrete, individual examination
            2.03.02.01.03.02.00 General
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
        2.03.02.03.05 Protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits
          2.03.02.03.05.00 General
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
        2.03.02.03.03 Protection of commercial interests
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
        2.03.02.03.06 Protection of the decision-making process
          2.03.02.03.06.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/04/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

07/07/2010


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 129 from 09.06.2007, p.21

Judgment: OJ C 221 from 14.08.2010, p.35

Name of the parties

Agrofert Holding v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Le règlement nº 1049/2001 doit-il s'appliquer aux « procédures concurrence » ?, Europe 2010 Octobre nº 10 Etude p.5-11



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • Competition
  • - Concentrations between undertakings
  • - 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 : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dehousse

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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