COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Transparency

Commission may not oppose access to written submissions of member states held by it on sole grounds that they relate to court proceedings

Brussels, 18/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 18 July, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld a judgment of the General Court of the European Union (case C-213/15 P), in which the judges found that an application for access to written submissions of the member state should be dealt with on the basis of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to documents held by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission.

In March 2011, a European citizen applied to the Commission for access to written...