Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 – Homoki v Commission

(Case T-517/19) ¹

(Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Final report of the OLAF investigation into the implementation of a street-lighting investment project in Hungary – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits – Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party – Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual – Protection of personal data)

Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties

Applicant: Andrea Homoki (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: T. Hüttl, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Béres and A. Spina, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of 22 May 2019 rejecting a confirmatory application for access to documents in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls Decision No OCM(2019)11506 of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of 22 May 2019, in so far as it refused to grant access to the final report of the OLAF investigation in Case No OF/2015/0034/B4, with any personal data concerning witnesses, internal notes and references to OLAF’s methods redacted;

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 328, 30.9.2019.