Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 26 April 2005

in Joined Cases T-110/03, T-150/03 and T-405/03 Jose Maria Sison v Council of the European Union ¹

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to Council decisions concerning the fight against terrorism - Exceptions relating to the protection of the public interest - Public security - International relations - Partial access - Statement of reasons - Rights of the defence)

(Language of the case: English)

In Joined Cases T-110/03, T-150/03 and T-405/03: Jose Maria Sison, residing in Utrecht (Netherlands), represented by J. Fermon, A. Comte, H. Schultz and D. Gurses, lawyers, against Council of the European Union, represented by M. Vitsentzatos, M. Bauer and M. Bishop ( applications for annulment of the three Council decisions of 21 January, 27 February and 2 October 2003 refusing access to documents relating to Council Decisions 2002/848/EC, 2002/974/EC and 2003/480/EC of 28 October 2002, 12 December 2002 and 27 June 2003 respectively implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decisions 2002/460/EC, 2002/848/EC and 2002/974/EC respectively ( the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, N.J. Forwood and S. Papasavvas, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 26 April 2005, in which it:

Dismisses the applications in Cases T-110/03 and T-150/03 as unfounded;

Dismisses part of the application in Case T-405/03 as inadmissible and the remainder as unfounded;

Orders the applicant to pay the costs in Cases T-110/03, T-150/03 and T-405/03.

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¹ - OJ C 146 of 21.6.2003.