Order of the General Court of 8 April 2011 - Martin v Commission
(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Implied refusal of access - Explicit decision adopted after the action was brought - No need to adjudicate)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Anne Martin (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: U. O'Dwyer, solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Costa de Oliveira and C. ten Dam, agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: S. Juul Jørgensen, agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission's implied decision of 20 April 2010 refusing the applicant access to the documents in the file relating to the State aid N 654/2008, notified by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 19 December 2008, in favour of Short Brothers plc.
Operative part of the order
The Court:
1) Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on this action.
2) Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Anne Martin.
3) Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 234, 28.8.2010.