Europe – By judgment of 18 June 2025, the General Court of the EU considered that a Union institution, receiving a request for access to a document, cannot justify its refusal to disclose it on the basis of the exception relating to the protection of commercial interests when the information contained in this document constitutes information which “relates to emissions into the environment”

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By judgment of 18 June 2025 (T-222/23 – Arysta Lifescience v. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the General Court of the EU held that an EU institution, receiving a request for access to a document, cannot justify its refusal to disclose it on the basis of the exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a specific natural or legal person, provided for in Article 4, §2, first indent, of Regulation No. 1049/2001, when the information contained in that document constitutes information which “relates to emissions into the environment”, within the meaning of Article 6, §1, of Regulation No. 1367/2006” (§36 – Case T-222/23).

To consult de décision follow the link : https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=301285&pageIndex=0&doclang=fr&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1