Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2010 - Umbach v Commission
(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a contract concluded under the TACIS programme - Request for access concerning a dispute between the applicant and the Commission before a Belgian civil court - Partial refusal of access - Request for access based on the principles deriving from the EU Treaty - Overriding public interest)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Dieter C. Umbach (Bangkok, Thailand) (represented by: M. Stephani, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Costa de Oliveira and T. Scharf, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission's decision of 2 September 2008 refusing the applicant access to certain data in documents concerning a contract headed 'TACIS Service Contract No 98.0414' relating to assistance in the drafting of an administrative code for the Russian Federation
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
dismisses the action;
orders Mr Dieter C. Umbach to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 32, 7.2.2009.