Reports of Cases

2011 II-01073

Subject-matter

Application for annulment of the decision of the Council of 26 February 2009 refusing in part to grant the applicant access to a note from the General Secretariat of the Council to the Working Party on Information (Document No 16338/08) concerning the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 207 -P3 : paragraph 5
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 207 -P3L2 : paragraph 58
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 230 -L5 : paragraphs 23, 28
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 254 -P3 : paragraphs 25, 28
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 : paragraph 1
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 255 -P2 : paragraph 2
• TFEU, Article 266 -L1 : paragraph 35
• General Court - Rules of Procedure (1991) -A102P2 : paragraph 24
• Regulation 219/97 -A07L1 : paragraph 60
• Regulation 1049/2001 : paragraphs 2, 28, 35, 36, 56, 66
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A01 : paragraph 55
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04 : paragraphs 3, 55
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A04P3L1 : paragraphs 4, 38, 62, 67, 76, 78, 80, 81, 84
• Regulation 1049/2001 -A09 : paragraph 78
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C2 : paragraph 55
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C4 : paragraph 55
• Regulation 1049/2001 -C6 : paragraph 57
• General Court - Judgment T -174/95 : paragraph 36
• General Court - Judgment T -190/00 : paragraph 28
• General Court - Judgment T -2/03 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -39/05 : paragraphs 57 - 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -64/05 : paragraph 55
• General Court - Judgment T -166/05 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/05 : paragraphs 33, 35

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 12/06/2009

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

22/03/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 205 from 29.08.2009, p.40

Judgment: OJ C 139 from 07.05.2011, p.16

Name of the parties

Access Info Europe v Council

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Dupont-Lassalle, Julie: Procédure législative, Europe 2011 Mai 2011 Comm. nº 5 p.8 (FR)
2. Kotnik-Šumah, Kristina: Razširjena pravica javnosti do dostopa do dokumentov, Pravna praksa 2011 nº 12 p.26 (SL)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Principles of Union law
  
• - 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
  

Formation of the Court

Troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Frimodt Nielsen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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