Judgment of the General Court of 21 May 2014 — Catinis v Commission
(Case T-447/11) 1
(Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to an OLAF investigation concerning the implementation of a project for the modernisation of infrastructure in Syria — Access refused — Exception concerning the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Lian Catinis (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-P. Keppenne and F. Clotuche Duvieusart, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of 10 June 2011 refusing, first, to grant the purported request to close OLAF’s investigation concerning a project for the modernisation of infrastructure in Syria and, second, to grant access to certain documents in the file relating to that investigation.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders Mr Lian Catinis to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 298, 8.10. 011.