Order of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — EEB v Commission
(Case T-448/15) 1
(Action for annulment and compensation — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning the withdrawal of Proposal COM(2014) 397 final for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council — Partial refusal of access — No need to adjudicate in part — Partial manifest inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: B. Kloostra, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin, E. Sanfrutos Cano and A. Buchet, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by A. Tamás and I. McDowell, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by B. Driessen, E. Rebasti and M. Moore, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application, first, under Article 263 TFEU, for, primarily, the annulment of the Commission’s decision of 1 June 2015 and, in the alternative, the annulment of an implied refusal and, secondly, under Article 268 TFEU, for repair of the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that measure.
Operative part of the order
1. There is no need to adjudicate on the application for annulment.
2. The action is dismissed as to the remainder as manifestly inadmissible.
3. The European Commission is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).
4. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union are ordered to bear their own costs.
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1 OJ C 328, 5.10.2015.