Reports of Cases

2011 I-06237

Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) of 9 September 2008 in Case T-403/05 MyTravel v Commission, by which the Court of First Instance rejected an application for the annulment of the decisions of the Commission of 5 September 2005 and 12 October 2005 refusing to grant the applicant access to certain preparatory documents to the decision of 22 September 1999 declaring incompatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement the concentration seeking full control of First Choice plc by Airtours plc (Case No IV/M.1524 Airtours/First Choice), together with documents drawn up by the Commission’s services following the annulment of that decision by judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 June 2002 in Case T-342/99

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EU Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 1 -L2 : paragraph 72
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : paragraph 122
• Regulation 4064/89 -A19 : paragraph 93
• Regulation 1049/2001 : paragraphs 33, 101, 109, 116
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01 : paragraphs 3, 73
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A02P1 : paragraph 4
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A02P3 : paragraphs 4, 88
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A03L2 : paragraphs 12, 13, 18
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04 : paragraphs 74, 76, 110
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2 : paragraphs 5, 37, 49
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2T2 : paragraphs 12, 14, 18, 35, 40, 42, 49, 82, 111, 118, 120, 123, 125, 126
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2T3 : paragraphs 12, 13, 18, 38, 42, 126
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3 : paragraphs 5, 77
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L1 : paragraph 78
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L2 : paragraphs 19, 24, 32, 39, 40, 49, 78 - 80, 84, 91 - 93, 95, 96, 120, 123, 125
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P6 : paragraph 5
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A07P2 : paragraphs 6, 11
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C1 : paragraph 72
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C2 : paragraphs 2, 72
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C4 : paragraphs 2, 73
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C11 : paragraphs 2, 74
• Decision 2005/8461 : paragraph 1
• Decision 2005/9763 : paragraph 1
• General Court - Judgment T -342/99 : paragraphs 7, 77
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05 : paragraphs 52, 72, 73, 76, 113, 114, 116
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -64/05 : paragraph 51
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -266/05 : paragraphs 74, 75
• General Court - Judgment T -403/05 : paragraphs 1, 20, 21, 23 - 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36 - 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07 : paragraphs 73, 77, 87
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07 : paragraphs 72 - 76, 82, 87
• Court of Justice - Order C -9/08 : paragraph 118
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -506/08 : paragraph 102

Operative part

• Annuls : General Court - Judgment T -403/05

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 : points 1, 4
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 42 : points 1, 27
  
• TFEU, Article 15 -P3 : point 1
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : point 114
  
• TEU, Article 1 -L2 : point 1
  
• TEU, Article 10 -P3 : point 1
  
• Regulation 4064/89 : point 9
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A113P2 : point 112
  
• Regulation 447/98 -A17P1 : points 9, 68
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 : points 1, 4, 43 - 45, 48
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01 : point 27
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A02P1 : point 5
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A02P3 : point 63
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A03LA : point 38
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04 : point 28
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2 : points 6, 104, 105
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P2T2 : points 89, 99, 101, 113
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3 : points 6, 40 - 42, 64, 69, 76, 101, 104, 105
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L1 : point 33
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L2 : points 33, 85, 113
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A12P3 : point 87
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C1 : point 27
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C2 : points 47, 63
  
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C4 : point 27
  
• Regulation 139/2004 : point 8
  
• Regulation 139/2004 -A18P3 : points 7, 70
  
• Regulation 802/2004 -A17P3 : points 8, 68
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -142/84 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/92 : point 112
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -310/93 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -238/99 : point 70
  
• General Court - Judgment T -342/99 : point 2
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -74/00 : point 112
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -204/00 : point 70
  
• General Court - Judgment T -310/01 : point 2
  
• General Court - Judgment T -5/02 : point 2
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/03 : point 2
  
• General Court - Judgment T -84/03 : point 18
  
• General Court - Judgment T -212/03 : point 13
  
• General Court - Judgment T -410/03 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/04 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05 : points 55, 91, 104
  
• General Court - Judgment T -121/05 : points 39, 44
  
• General Court - Judgment T -144/05 : point 39
  
• General Court - Judgment T -166/05 : points 39, 44
  
• General Court - Judgment T -237/05 : point 39
  
• General Court - Judgment T -403/05 : point 2
  
• General Court - Judgment T -111/07 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -139/07 : points 28, 61, 69, 104
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -514/07 : points 27 - 29, 61, 63, 67, 69, 72, 104, 107
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -280/08 : point 112
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -407/08 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -404/10 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -477/10 : point 39
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 14/11/2008

Date of the Opinion

• 03/03/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

21/07/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 55 from 07.03.2009, p.6

Judgment: OJ C 269 from 10.09.2011, p.2

Name of the parties

Sweden v MyTravel and Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Girgenson, Ianis: L'avocat général Kokott se prononce sur l'accès aux documents administratifs, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2011 nº 27 p.13-14
2. Idot, Laurence: Concentrations et accès aux documents, Europe 2011 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.37-38
3. Kreijger, P.J.: Openbaarheid en fusiecontrole, Markt & Mededinging 2011 p.194-197
4. Bouhier, Vincent: Droit de la concurrence: le principe de l’accès aux documents à la clôture des procédures, Revue des affaires européennes 2011 p.599-607
5. Kellerbauer, Manuel: Ausweitung des Aktenzugangsrechts aus der Transparenzverordnung nach abgeschlossenem Wettbewerbsverfahren, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2012 p.22-28
6. Kranenborg, H.R.: Hof van Justitie beperkt mogelijke ‘space to think’ voor de EU-instellingen onder de Eurowob, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2012 p.26-32
7. Goddin, Gaëtane: The MyTravel Judgment on Transparency: No Space to Think?, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2012 Vol. 3 nº 2 p.165-167
8. Schadd, A.M.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2012 p.117-121
9. Borrás, Alegría ; Pellisé, Cristina: Sentencia de 21 de julio de 2011, Asunto C-506/08 P, Reino de Suecia c. MyTravel Group, plc. y Comisión Europea, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 2012 nº 1 p.247-250

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Provisions governing the institutions
  
• Competition
  
• - Concentrations between undertakings
  
• - 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 : application granted
  
• Appeals : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Tizzano

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German