Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 March 2019

Espírito Santo Financial Group SA v European Central Bank

Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Documents relating to the ECB’s decision of 1 August 2014 concerning Banco Espírito Santo SA — Partial refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the confidentiality of the proceedings of the ECB’s decision-making bodies — Exception relating to the financial, monetary or economic policy of the European Union or of a Member State — Exception relating to the stability of the financial system in the European Union or in a Member State — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests — Exception relating to documents intended for internal use — Obligation to state reasons

Case T-730/16



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/04/2019 Espírito Santo Financial Group v ECB
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2019:161
13/03/2019 Espírito Santo Financial Group v ECB
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2019:161
13/03/2019 Espírito Santo Financial Group v ECB
Application (OJ)
25/11/2016 Espírito Santo Financial Group v ECB
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.02 Obligation to state reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.02 Obligation to state reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.02 Obligation to state reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.02 Absolute exceptions
        2.03.02.02.01 Protection of the public interest
          2.03.02.02.01.04 Financial, monetary or economic policy
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.02 Obligation to state reasons


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/10/2016

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

13/03/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 148 from 29.04.2019, p.44

Application: OJ C 462 from 12.12.2016, p.35

Name of the parties

Espírito Santo Financial Group v ECB

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Transparence - Accès aux documents, Europe 2019, n° 5 Mai, Comm. 181 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted
  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Csehi

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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