Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 December 2014

Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH v European Commission

Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Documents relating to installations of the applicant situated in Germany and concerned by the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Partial refusal of access — Environmental information — Second sentence of Article 6(1) of Regulation No 1367/2006 — Exception relating to protection of the decision-making process — Documents originating from a Member State — Objection by the Member State — Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation No 1049/2001

Case T‑476/12



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/01/2015 Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2014:1059
11/12/2014 Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2014:1059
11/12/2014 Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland v Commission
Application (OJ)
14/12/2012 Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland v Commission
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Action for annulment of the Commission’s implied refusal to grant the applicant access to the list of installations, situated in German territory, concerned by the European Union legislation relating to the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading, which was submitted by the German authorities to the Commission under Article 15 of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2011 L 130, p. 1)

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.02 Amendment to the form of order sought
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.03 New pleas in law
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
        2.03.02.03.02 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
    2.03.03 Documents subject to special treatment
      2.03.03.01 Third-party documents
        2.03.03.01.01 Documents originating from a Member State
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
    2.03.06 Contentious procedure
      2.03.06.01 Admissibility and jurisdiction
        2.03.06.01.03 Jurisdiction of the Courts
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.01 Scope
      2.03.01.04 Relationship with specific rights of access
        2.03.01.04.01 Right of access to environmental information
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
          2.03.02.03.06.01 Ongoing procedure
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.01 Scope
      2.03.01.04 Relationship with specific rights of access
        2.03.01.04.01 Right of access to environmental information
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
      2.03.02.03 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
      2.03.02.03 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
    2.03.03 Documents subject to special treatment
      2.03.03.01 Third-party documents
        2.03.03.01.01 Documents originating from a Member State


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

  • 31/10/2012

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

11/12/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 34 from 02.02.2015, p.33

Application: OJ C 9 from 12.01.2013, p.41

Name of the parties

Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bouveresse, Aude: Informations environnementales, Europe 2015 Février Comm. nº 2 p.13-14 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Principles of Union law
  • - 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

Septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dittrich

Advocate General

Information not available

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available