4.2.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 44/28
Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2018 — Sumner v Commission
(Case T-152/17) (1)
((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents concerning an infringement procedure brought by the Commission against Ireland - Refusal of access - Exception concerning the protection of inspections, investigations and audits - General presumption - Overriding public interest))
(2019/C 44/36)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Loreto Sumner (Leixlip, Ireland) (represented by: J. MacGuill and E. Martin-Vignerte, Solicitors)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Ehrbar and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Ireland (represented initially by: A. Joyce and L. Williams and subsequently by A. Joyce, M. Browne and G. Hodge, acting as Agents, and by A. Carroll, Barrister-at-Law)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 247 final of 13 January 2017 refusing access to documents relating to infringement procedure 2014/4131 brought against Ireland regarding the application of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Ms Loreto Sumner to pay the costs;
3.
Orders Ireland to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 144, 8.5.2017.
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