Reports of Cases

2001 I-09565

Subject-matter

Appeal against the judgment of 19 July 1999 in Case T-14/98 Hautala v Council ─ Annulment of the Council Decision of 4 November 1997 refusing the request, submitted by the applicant in accordance with Council Decision 93/731/EC of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents, for access to a report made by the working group on Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EU Treaty (Maastricht) - Final Act, Declaration No 17 : paragraphs 22, 24
• Decision 93/731 : paragraphs 21 - 31
• Decision 93/731 -A04P1 : paragraphs 26, 27, 29, 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/94 : paragraphs 24, 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/98 : paragraph 25
• General Court - Judgment T -14/98 : paragraphs 1 - 32

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -14/98

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 151 -P3 : points 27, 38
  
• EU Treaty (Maastricht) - Final Act, Declaration No 17 : points 12, 27, 46, 47, 76, 90
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 : points 84, 85, 87, 89
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 -P1 : point 50
  
• Decision 93/731 : points 22, 27, 38, 42, 43, 45, 49, 76, 102, 114, 122
  
• Decision 93/731 -A01P1 : point 100
  
• Decision 93/731 -A04 : points 27, 108
  
• Decision 93/731 -A04P1 : points 23, 27, 38, 100, 107, 112, 122
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2000) : points 73, 78, 80, 81, 85, 86
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2000) -A42 : points 51, 84, 86, 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -4/73 : point 106
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -104/75 : point 121
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -44/79 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/84 : point 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/87 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/90 : point 106
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -404/92 : point 106
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/94 : points 27, 39, 40, 43, 44, 52, 54, 58, 78, 102
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -58/94 : point 104
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -84/95 : point 106
  
• General Court - Judgment T -174/95 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -293/97 : point 106
  
• General Court - Judgment T -92/98 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/98 : point 116
  
• General Court - Judgment T -14/98 : points 1 - 122
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -274/99 : point 56
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 22/09/1999

Date of the Opinion

• 10/07/2001

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

06/12/2001

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 333 from 20.11.1999, p.20

Judgment: OJ C 84 from 06.04.2002, p.8

Name of the parties

Council v Hautala

Notes on Academic Writings

1. X: Giurisprudenza italiana 2002 p.1057
2. Leino, Päivi: Common Market Law Review 2002 p.621-632
3. Pechstein, Matthias: Droit individuel d'accès aux documents du Conseil, Recueil Le Dalloz 2002 Jur. p.2574-2575

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Provisions governing the institutions
  
• - Access to documents
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

Cour plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Cunha Rodrigues

Advocate General

Léger

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French