Judgment of the General Court of 9 October 2018 — Pint v Commission

(Case T-634/17) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to EU Pilot procedure No 8572/16 CHAP(2015) 00353 - Refusal of access - Article 4(2) third indent of Regulation No 1049/2001 - Exception relating to protection of the purpose of investigations - General presumption of confidentiality - Overriding public interest)

(2018/C 427/80)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Anikó Pint (Göd, Hungary) (represented by: D. Lazar, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Erlbacher and C. Ehrbar, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Hungary (represented by: M. Fehér, G. Koós and M. Tátrai, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the decisions of the Commission of 1 June and 17 July 2017 refusing to grant the applicant access to documents relating to EU Pilot procedure No 8572/16 CHAP(2015) 00353.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Anikó Pint to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.	Orders Hungary to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 382, 13.11.2017.