12.1.2015
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 7/30
Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2014 —Ntouvas v ECDC
(Case T-223/12) (1)
((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Article 4(2), third indent - Final audit reports carried out on the ECDC by the Commission’s Internal Audit Service - Refusal of access - Obligation to state reasons - Obligation to undertake a concrete, individual examination - Overriding public interest))
(2015/C 007/32)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Ioannis Ntouvas (Agios Stefanos, Greece) (represented: by E. Mylonas, and V. Kolias, lawyers)
Defendant: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (represented: initially by R. Trott, and subsequently by J. Mannheim and A. Daume, acting as Agents, assisted by D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision of the ECDC of 27 March 2012 (DIR-12-0636-MSrukr) refusing the applicant access to the final audit reports carried out on the ECDC by the Internal Audit Service of the European Commission.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1)
Annuls the decision of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of 27 March 2012 (DIR-12-0636-MSrukr) refusing Mr Ioannis Ntouvas access to the final audit reports carried out on the ECDC by the Internal Audit Service of the European Commission;
2)
Orders the ECDC to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 227, 28.7.2012.
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