Order of the General Court of 14 January 2014 – Miettinen v Council

(Case T-303/13) ¹

(Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Opinion of the Council’s Legal Service – Refusal of access – Disclosure after the action was brought – Action becoming devoid of purpose – No legal interest in bringing proceedings – No need to adjudicate)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Samuli Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) (represented by: O. Brouwer, E. Raedts, lawyers, and A. Villette, Solicitor)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: K. Pellinghelli and É. Sitbon, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Council’s decision of 25 March 2013 refusing to grant the applicant access to the full text of the opinion of the Council’s Legal Service, reference 15309/12.

Operative part of the order

1.    There is no need to adjudicate on the action.

2.    The Council of the European Union shall pay the costs.

3.    There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Finland.

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¹     OJ C 215, 27.7.2013.