Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2012 - Egan and Hackett v Parliament
(Case T-190/10)
(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament - Refusal of access - Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual - Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data - Regulation (EC) No 45/2001)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Kathleen Egan (Athboy, Ireland) and Margaret Hackett (Borris-in-Ossory, Ireland) (represented by: K. Neary, Solicitor, C. MacEochaidh, SC, and J. Goode, Barrister)
Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz, N. Görlitz and D. Moore, Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicants: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) (represented initially by H. Kranenborg and H. Hijmans, and subsequently by H. Kranenborg and I. Chatelier, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the European Parliament's decision of 12 February 2010 in so far as it refuses to grant the applicants the access sought to the public registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 12 February 2010 in so far as it refuses to grant Kathleen Egan and Margaret Hackett the access requested to the public registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament;
Orders the Parliament to pay the costs incurred by Mrs Egan and Mrs Hackett and to refund to the Court cashier the sums advanced by way of legal aid granted to Mrs Egan;
Orders the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 161, 19.6.2010.