Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2018 — Campbell v Commission
(Case T-312/17) 1
(Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning an infringement procedure brought by the Commission against the Republic of Lithuania — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of inspections, investigations and audits — General presumption — Overriding public interest)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Liam Campbell (Dundalk, Ireland) (represented by: J. MacGuill and E. Martin-Vignerte, Solicitors)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Ehrbar and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 2448 final of 7 April 2017 refusing access to documents relating to infringement procedure 2013/0406 against the Republic of Lithuania regarding the application of Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings (OJ 2010 L 280, p.1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Liam Campbell and the European Commission each to bear their own costs.
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1 OJ C 249, 31.7.2017.