Judgment of the General Court of 28 January 2015 — Evonik Degussa GmbH v Commission

(Case T-341/12) ¹

(Competition — Administrative procedure — European hydrogen peroxide and perborate market — Publication of a decision finding an infringement of  — Rejection of a request for confidential treatment of information given to the Commission pursuant to the latter’s Leniency Notice — Obligation to state reasons — Confidentiality — Professional secrecy — Legitimate expectations)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Steinle, M. Holm-Hadulla and C. von Köckritz, avocats)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, M. Kellerbauer and G. Meessen, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) 3534 final of 24 May 2012 refusing Evonik Degussa’s request for confidential treatment under Article 8 of Decision 2011/695/EU of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (Case COMP/F/38.620 — Hydrogen Peroxide and Perborate).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Evonik Degussa GmbH to pay the costs, including those incurred in the proceedings for interim relief.

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¹ OJ C 311, 13.10.2012.