Order of the General Court of 3 February 2012 - Ecologistas en Acción-CODA v Commission
(Case T-359/10)
(Action for annulment - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents concerning the development plan for the Cabanyal quarter in Valenica (Spain) - Documents originating from a Member State - Refusal of access - Exception relating to protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings and legal advice - Environmental information - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Action clearly without legal foundation)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Ecologistas en Acción-CODA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Ramos Segerra, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Martínez del Peral and P. Costa de Oliveira, agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: M. Muño Pérez, thereafter by S. Centeno Huerta, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission decision of 30 June 2010 refusing the applicant access to certain documents concerning the investigation conducted by the Spanish authorities into the file EU-PILOT 724/09/02 ENVI relating to the special plan for the protection and renovation of the Cabanyal quarter of the city of Valencia (Spain).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed.
2. Ecologistas en Acción-CODA is ordered to pay its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.
3. The Kingdom of Spain shall bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 288, 23.10.2010.