Order of the General Court of 9 November 2011 - ClientEarth and Others v Commission
(Case T-449/10)
(Access to documents of the institutions - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Implied refusal of access - Interest in bringing proceedings - Express decision adopted after the action was brought - No need to adjudicate)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: ClientEarth (London, United Kingdom); European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) (Brussels, Belgium); European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (Brussels); and BirdLife International (Brussels) (represented by: S. Hockman QC, and by P. Kirch, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann and C. ten Dam, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the implied decision of the Commission of 20 July 2010 refusing access to certain documents relating to drafts of a report on the Global Trade and Environmental Impact Study of the Biofuels Mandate of the European Union.
Operative part of the order
1. There is no need to adjudicate on the action.
2. The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by ClientEarth, the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and BirdLife International.
____________1 - OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.