26.11.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 427/60


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

(Case T-633/17) (1)

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

(2018/C 427/79)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Róbert Sárossy (Budapest, 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:

Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the Commission’s decisions of 12 June and 17 July 2017 refusing to grant the applicant access to the documents relating to the procedure EU Pilot No 8572/16 CHAP(2015) 00353.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Mr Róbert Sárossy to bear his own costs and to pay those of the European Commission;

3.

Orders Hungary to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 382, 13.11.2017.