Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 – Netherlands v Commission
(Case T-380/08) 1
(Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Request seeking to obtain access to certain confidential passages of the final decision of the Commission relating to a cartel – Refusal of access – Obligation to state reasons – Obligation to carry out a specific, individual examination – Exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual – Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party – Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations – Overriding public interest – Sincere cooperation)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, M. de Mol and M. de Ree, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet and P. Costa de Oliveira, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 30 June 2008 refusing access to certain confidential passages of Decision C(2006) 4090 final (Case COMP/F/38.456 – Bitumen (Netherlands)),
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 OJ C 285, 8.11.2008.