Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2020 –Bronckers v Commission

(Case T-166/19) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Agreement between the European Community and the United Mexican States on the mutual recognition and protection of designations for spirit drinks - Documents submitted within the framework of the Joint Committee - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in respect of international relations - Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party)

(2021/C 28/57)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Marco Bronckers (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: P. Kreijger, lawyer)

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

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 150 final of 10 January 2019, rejecting the confirmatory application for access to the documents ‘Tequila cases found by the Tequila Regulatory Council to be informed to the European Commission (Ares(2018 4023479)’ and ‘Verification Reports in the European Market (Reportes de Verificación en el Mercado Europeo) (Ares(2018) 4023509)’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Mr Marco Bronckers to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 164, 13.5.2019.