Order of the General Court of 8 October 2012 - ClientEarth v Council

(Case T-62/12) 

(Action for annulment - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Opinion issued by the legal service of the Council concerning a draft regulation of the Parliament and of the Council related to public access to the documents of the Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission - Confirmation of a refusal to grant full access - Inadmissibility - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Notion of measure open to challenge for the purposes of Article 263 TFEU - Confirmatory measure)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: ClientEarth (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: O. Brouwer and P. van den Berg, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and C. Fekete, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the Council's decision of 1 December 2011 confirming the decision to refuse the applicant full access to an opinion issued by the legal service of the Council (Document No 6865/09) concerning a draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).

Operative part of the order

1.    The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.    There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden.

3.    ClientEarth is ordered to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.