Judgment of the General Court of 25 October 2013 – Beninca v Commission
(Case T-561/12) 1
(Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Document drawn up by the Commission in the context of the merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Jürgen Beninca (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) (represented by: C. Zschocke, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz and F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 9 October 2012 refusing access to a memorandum from the head of the unit responsible for competition matters at the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders Mr. Jürgen Beninca to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 46, 16.2.2013.