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Document 62015TN0718

Case T-718/15: Action brought on 9 December 2015 — PTC Therapeutics International v EMA

OJ C 59, 15.2.2016, pp. 37–37 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

15.2.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 59/37

Action brought on 9 December 2015 — PTC Therapeutics International v EMA

(Case T-718/15)

(2016/C 059/42)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: PTC Therapeutics International Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: M. Demetriou, QC, C. Thomas, Barrister, G. Castle, B. Kelly and H. Billson, Solicitors)

Defendant: European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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annul the decision of the European Medicines Agency EMA/722323/2015 of 25 November 2015 to grant a third party access to the information about a medicinal product, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43), in so far as the decision concerns commercially confidential information the release of which will infringe the applicant’s rights and in so far as the decision is prohibited by EU law;

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remit the contested decision back to the EMA for further consideration regarding redaction of confidential passages in consultation with the applicant; and,

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order the EMA to pay all costs in these proceedings.

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 that the document at issue is protected by Article 4(2) and/or Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.

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Second plea in law, alleging that the document at issue in its entirety constitutes commercially confidential information that is protected by Article 4(2) of the said Regulation.

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Third plea in law, alleging that the release of the document would undermine the EMA’s decision making process.

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Fourth plea in law, alleging that the EMA failed to carry out a balancing exercise as required by law.

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Fifth plea in law, alleging that the outcome of a proper balancing exercise, as required by law, would have been a decision not to release any part of the document.
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