Order of the General Court of 27 November 2012 - Steinberg v Commission
(Case T-17/10)
(Action for annulment - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001- Documents relating to funding decisions for grants to Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organisations under the 'Partnership for Peace' programme and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights - Partial refusal of access - Exception relating to the protection of the public interest as regards public security - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Gerald Steinberg (Jerusalem, Israel) (represented by: T. Asserson, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Tufvesson and C. ten Dam, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision SG.E.3/MV/psi D(2009) 3914 of 15 May 2009, partially refusing the applicant access to certain documents relating to funding decisions for grants to Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organisations under the 'Partnership for Peace' programme and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly lacking any foundation in law;
2. Mr Gerald Steinberg shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 80, 27.3.2010.