Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 25 July 2005 - Friedrich Weber v Commission

(Case T-290/05)

Language of the case: German

Parties :

Applicant: Friedrich Weber (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: W. Declair, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

vary the defendant's decision of 27 May 2005 so that it is obligated to grant the applicant access, in accordance with its letters of 23 April 2005 and 27 April 2005, to documents in connection with the State aid proceedingsE 3/2005 concerning the financing of public-law broadcasting bodies pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In the contested decision, the Commission refused the applicant's request for access to documents in connection with the State aid proceedings E 3/2005 concerning the financing of public-law broadcasting bodies with reference to the third indent of Article 4(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 4(3) of the openness regulation. ¹

The applicant claims that there is a public interest in disclosure of the documents at issue.

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¹ - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145 of 31.05.2001 p. 43).