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31.7.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 249/31 |
Action brought on 1 June 2017 — Campbell v Commission
(Case T-312/17)
(2017/C 249/47)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Liam Campbell (Dundalk, Ireland) (represented by: J. MacGuill, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the Commission’s decision of 7 April 2017 refusing the applicant access to documents concerning infringement proceedings initiated against Lithuania for alleged non-implementation of Directive 2010/64/EU. (1) |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging the failure by the defendant to conduct a concrete assessment of the request for access to documents under Regulation 1049/2001, in breach of relevant case-law. |
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Second plea in law, alleging the defendant’s unlawful reliance on certain general presumptions relating to the disclosure of documents, in breach of the principles identified in the relevant case-law. |
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Third plea in law, alleging the defendant’s failure to process a specific and effective examination of the risk for each document, likewise in breach of relevant case-law. |
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Fourth plea in law, alleging the defendant’s failure to carry out a specific and effective examination of potential partial access in breach of the case-law. |
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Fifth plea in law alleging a manifest error of assessment by the defendant regarding the existence of an overriding public interest, in breach of the principles in the case-law. |
(1) Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings (OJ 2010, L 280, p. 1).