Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 - API v Commission
(Access to documents - Pleadings lodged by the Commission in proceedings before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance - Decision refusing access)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Association de la presse internationale a.s.b.l. (API) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Völcker, F. Louis and J. Heithecker, avocats)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Docksey and P. Aalto, Agents)
Re:
Application for the annulment of the Commission's decision of 20 November 2003 rejecting an application by the applicant for access to the pleadings lodged by the Commission in proceedings before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the Commission's decision of 20 November 2003 in so far as it refused access to the pleadings submitted by the Commission before the Court of Justice in Case C-466/98 Commission v United Kingdom; Case C-467/98 Commission v Denmark; Case C-468/98 Commission v Sweden; Case C-469/98 Commission v Finland; Case C-471/98 Commission v Belgium; Case C-472/98 Commission v Luxembourg; Case C-475/98 Commission v Austria and Case C-476/98 Commission v Germany and before the Court of First Instance in Case T-342/99 Airtours v Commission;
2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;
3. Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 71, 20.3.2004.