Reports of Cases
published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)
Subject-matter
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Systematic classification scheme
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.06 Contentious procedure
2.03.06.01 Admissibility and jurisdiction
2.03.06.01.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
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3 Legal proceedings
3.02 Actions for annulment
3.02.03 Applications by natural or legal persons
3.02.03.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.06 Contentious procedure
2.03.06.01 Admissibility and jurisdiction
2.03.06.01.01 Interest in bringing proceedings
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3.10.02 Jurisdiction over the appeal
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3 Legal proceedings
3.10 Appeals
3.10.02 Jurisdiction over the appeal
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.02 Exceptions
2.03.02.01 Principles
2.03.02.01.01 Strict interpretation and application
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2.03.02.01.03.02.02 General presumptions of confidentiality by reference to categories of documents
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.02 Exceptions
2.03.02.01 Principles
2.03.02.01.03 Concrete, individual examination of the documents
2.03.02.01.03.02 Exceptions to the obligation to carry out a concrete, individual examination
2.03.02.01.03.02.02 General presumptions of confidentiality by reference to categories of documents
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2.03.04 Registers of documents and direct access in electronic form or through the register
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.04 Registers of documents and direct access in electronic form or through the register
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.01 Scope
2.03.01.04 Relationship with specific rights of access
2.03.01.04.01 Right of access to environmental information
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2.03.02.01.03.02.02 General presumptions of confidentiality by reference to categories of documents
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.02 Exceptions
2.03.02.01 Principles
2.03.02.01.03 Concrete, individual examination of the documents
2.03.02.01.03.02 Exceptions to the obligation to carry out a concrete, individual examination
2.03.02.01.03.02.02 General presumptions of confidentiality by reference to categories of documents
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.02 Exceptions
2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
2.03.02.03.06 Protection of the decision-making process
2.03.02.03.06.01 Ongoing procedure
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
2.03 Right of public access to documents
2.03.02 Exceptions
2.03.02.03 Relative exceptions
2.03.02.03.06 Protection of the decision-making process
2.03.02.03.06.00 General
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 42
: paragraph 74
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TFEU - Protocol No 3
-A61L1 : paragraph 115
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TFEU, Article 15
-P1 : paragraph 74
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TFEU, Article 101
: paragraph 81
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TFEU, Article 293
-P1 : paragraph 87
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TFEU, Article 298
-P1 : paragraph 74
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TEU, Article 1
-L2 : paragraph 73
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TEU, Article 10
-P3 : paragraphs 74, 84
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TEU, Article 11
-P2 : paragraph 107
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TEU, Article 17
-P1 : paragraphs 13, 25, 64, 65, 102, 103
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TEU, Article 17
-P2 : paragraphs 25, 64, 65, 87, 102, 103
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TEU, Article 17
-P3 : paragraphs 25, 64, 65, 102, 103
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TEU, Article 17
-P3L3 : paragraph 13
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Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22005A0517(01)
: paragraph 62
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Regulation 1049/2001
: paragraph 10
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A01 : paragraphs 3, 76
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A03 : paragraph 8
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04 : paragraphs 51, 71, 85
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P3L1 : paragraphs 4, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 49, 58, 66, 77, 83, 100, 101, 105, 111, 112, 117, 120, 128
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P6 : paragraphs 4, 19
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A07P2 : paragraph 12
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A09 : paragraphs 71, 85
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A12P2 : paragraphs 5, 69, 71, 85, 93, 95
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Regulation 1049/2001
-C1 : paragraphs 2, 73
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Regulation 1049/2001
-C2 : paragraphs 2, 75
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Regulation 1049/2001
-C6 : paragraphs 2, 84, 95
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Regulation 1367/2006
: paragraphs 62, 96
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A01 : paragraph 98
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A02P1LD : paragraphs 7, 83, 112
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A02P1LDPT5 : paragraph 97
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A03 : paragraph 99
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A06 : paragraph 99
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A06P1 : paragraphs 9, 30, 100
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Regulation 1367/2006
-C15 : paragraphs 6, 100
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Regulation 1367/2006
-C2 : paragraphs 6, 98
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Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012)
-A149 : paragraph 38
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Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52003PC0624
: paragraph 15
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Commission - COM Document (Other than Draft Legislation) - 52018DC0010
: paragraph 38
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N34 : paragraph 73
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N45 : paragraph 75
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N46 : paragraph 84
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N59 : paragraphs 75, 104
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05
-N48 : paragraph 45
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05
-N49 : paragraph 45
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05
-N52 : paragraph 48
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05
-N59 : paragraph 55
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N31 : paragraph 51
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N33 : paragraph 84
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N60 : paragraph 122
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N73 : paragraph 52
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/12
-N31 : paragraph 43
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -239/12
-N61 : paragraph 43
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -239/12
-N63 : paragraph 48
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -409/13
-N70 : paragraph 87
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -409/13
-N72 : paragraph 87
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N57 : paragraph 77
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N69 : paragraph 51
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N77 : paragraph 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N78 : paragraph 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N81 : paragraph 80
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -673/13
-N80 : paragraph 98
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -562/14
: paragraph 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -562/14
-N47 : paragraph 52
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -562/14
-N51 : paragraph 81
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General Court - Judgment T -424/14
: paragraphs 1 - 128
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/15
-N61 : paragraph 76
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/15
-N63 : paragraph 78
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/15
-N64 : paragraph 98
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -60/15
-N65 : paragraph 99
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/15
-N41 : paragraph 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/15
-N52 : paragraph 74
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -57/16
: paragraphs 85, 93
Operative part
Opinion
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EU Treaty (Maastricht) - Final Act, Declaration No 17
: point 73
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81
: point 56
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EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255
: point 73
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 42
: points 52, 73, 75
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TFEU, Article 15
: point 73
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TFEU, Article 15
-P3 : point 52
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TFEU, Article 101
: point 56
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TFEU, Article 289
-P1 : point 60
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TFEU, Article 289
-P2 : point 60
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TFEU, Article 289
-P3 : point 60
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TFEU, Article 294
: point 60
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TEU, Article 14
-P1 : point 60
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TEU, Article 16
-P1 : point 60
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TEU, Article 17
: point 96
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TEU, Article 17
-P1 : points 24, 93
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TEU, Article 17
-P2 : points 60, 93
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TEU, Article 17
-P3 : points 93, 97
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TEU, Article 17
-P3L3 : point 24
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Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22005A0517(01)
: points 11, 17
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Regulation 1049/2001
: points 5, 17, 75, 79
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A01 : points 52, 57
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A02P1 : point 8
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A02P4 : point 8
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04 : points 51, 53, 54, 106
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P2 : point 53
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P2L1 : point 109
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P2T2 : points 104, 116
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P3 : points 9, 53, 84, 110, 118
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P3L1 : points 18, 19, 22, 28, 112, 114
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A04P6 : points 9, 30
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A07P2 : point 20
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A08P2 : point 21
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A09 : point 51
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Regulation 1049/2001
-A12P2 : points 10, 51, 64, 67, 72
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Regulation 1049/2001
-C2 : point 7
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Regulation 1049/2001
-C4 : point 57
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Regulation 1049/2001
-C6 : points 7, 48, 57, 65, 67, 72
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Regulation 1409/2001
: point 69
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A01P1LA : point 12
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A01P1LB : point 12
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A02P1 : point 13
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A03 : point 14
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Regulation 1367/2006
-A06 : point 15
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Regulation 1367/2006
-C15 : point 11
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Regulation 1367/2006
-C7 : point 11
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Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52003PC0624
: point 26
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
: points 51, 72, 74, 76, 94, 95, 103, 107
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N35 : point 52
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N36 : point 52
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N44 : point 53
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N45 : point 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N46 : points 46, 57
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05
-N50 : points 88, 115
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07
: points 56, 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07
-N62 : point 55
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07
: points 56, 116
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07
-N71 : point 53
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07
-N72 : point 53
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07
-N74 : point 115
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -404/10
: points 56, 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -477/10
: point 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N31 : point 53
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N32 : points 46, 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N33 : points 46, 57, 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N72 : point 54
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/11
-N73 : point 54
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/11
: points 56, 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/11
-N45 : point 115
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -365/12
: points 56, 81
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -365/12
-N64 : point 110
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -365/12
-N65 : point 115
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -615/13
: point 96
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -409/13
: point 63
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
: point 88
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N78 : point 70
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N80 : point 78
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -612/13
-N81 : point 78
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General Court - Judgment T -456/13
: point 116
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -524/14
-N26 : point 39
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General Court - Judgment T -424/14
: points 2, 126
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -271/15
: point 116
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Date of the hearing
Information not available
Date of delivery
04/09/2018
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Judgment: OJ C 399 from 05.11.2018, p.2
Application: OJ C 191 from 30.05.2016, p.5
Name of the parties
ClientEarth v Commission
Notes on Academic Writings
- Daniel, Élise: La Cour de justice, contrairement au Tribunal, ne reconnaît pas l'existence d'une présomption générale de confidentialité au bénéfice des analyses d'impact., Europe 2018 Mois Comm. nº 11 p.15-16 (FR)
- Peeters, Marjan: Windpark Weijerswold; doeltreffende inspraak?, Milieu en recht 2019 n°1 p.40-42 (NL)
- Bijl LLM, Y.C.: De 'space to think' in de Eurowob na De capitani en ClientEarth, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2019 p.1-7 (NL)
- Wyatt, Daniel: Is the Commission a "lawmaker" ? On the right of initiative, institutional transparency and public participation in decision-making : ClientEarth, Common Market Law Review 2019 VOL.56 N°3 p.825-841 (EN)
- Thieffry, Patrick: X. Environnement - Cour de justice, gde ch., 4 septembre 2018, ClientEarth c/ Commission, aff. C-57/16 P, ECLI:EU:C:2018:660, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2018. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2019, p. 457-460 (FR)
- Petrucci, Carlo: Unequal representation of stakeholders in the Commission’s impact assessment process and the protection of the decision-making process : C-57/16P, Revue européenne de droit public / European Review of Public Law / Europäische Zeitschrift des öffentlichen Rechts 2021 p. 1161-1196 (EN)
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
- Appeals : application granted
Formation of the Court
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Judge-Rapporteur
Tizzano
Advocate General
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Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion
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