Greenpeace Nederland et al v. European Commission

Reference :

C-673/13 P and T-545/11

Complaint date :

December 17, 2013

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

European Union, Luxembourg

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Greenpeace Nederland, PAN Europe

Defendants :

European Commission

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Bondine Kloostra, A. van den Biesen

Case nature :

EU court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Glyphosate

Requests :

Action for annulment of the Commission's decision to refuse a request for access to several documents relating to the first marketing authorisation for glyphosate.

Name of the Court :

Court of Justice of the European Union of Luxembourg, European Union

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

November 21, 2018

Decision nature :

Negative

Decision content :

The judgment of the EU Court of October 8, 2013 is set aside. T-545/11 is referred to the EU Court. Nov. 21, 2018, the action is dismissed, Greenpeace nederland and PAN Europe are ordered to pay the costs.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe have asked the Commission for access to several documents relating to the first marketing authorisation for glyphosate. The Commission has granted access to these documents, with the exception of part of the draft assessment report drawn up by Germany, indicating that this document contained confidential information protected by the intellectual property rights of the applicants. On 11/21, 2018, the Court held that the Commission correctly weighed the interests at stake, having set out precisely and concretely how the commercial interests of producers of glyphosate or plant protection products containing it were threatened by the disclosure of the disputed document. The action is dismissed in its entirety.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.