Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2019 — BP v FRA

(Case T-838/16) ¹

(Non-contractual liability — Access to documents — Partial refusal of access — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Regulations (EC) No 1049/2001 and No 45/2001 — Protection of personal data — Non-material damage — Material damage — Causal link)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: BP (represented by E. Lazar, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (represented initially by C. Manolopoulos and M. O’Flaherty, then by M. O’Flaherty, acting as Agents, and by D. Waelbroeck, A. Duron and I. Antypas, lawyers)

Re:

Action under Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage which the applicant allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Orders the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to pay BP the sum of EUR 5 000;

Orders that the compensation awarded in paragraph 1 above be increased by default interest, to be calculated from the date of delivery of the present judgment until full payment, at the rate set by the European Central Bank (ECB) for its principal refinancing operations, plus two percentage points;

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

Orders FRA and BP each to bear their own costs.

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¹         OJ C 38, 6.2.2017.