Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 01/25/2023

Subject: The General Court affirmed that the Council must grant access to documents drawn up within its working groups relating to the legislative procedure concerning the amendment of the directive on the annual financial statements. The General Court affirmed that none of the grounds relied on by the Council supports the conclusion that disclosure of the documents at issue would seriously undermine, in a concrete, actual and non-hypothetical manner, the legislative process concerned

Parties: De Capitani c. Consiglio

Classification: Citizens’ rights - Art. 42 Right to access documents of EU institutions

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