Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-537/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, September 13, 2019

• Resolution Date: September 13, 2019
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-537/19

Action brought on 30 July 2019 - DK v GSA

(Case T-537/19)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: DK (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European GNSS Agency

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the GSA decision of 20 May 2019 refusing full access to the document ‘summary of 26 June 2017 by Mr [X]’;

order the GSA to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.

First plea in law, alleging an error of law in the application of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43). In that regard, the applicant claims that the decision of the European GNSS Agency (GSA) of 20 May 2019 refusing it full access to the document ‘summary of 26 June 2017 by Mr [X]’ is illegal in that that refusal is based on the public security exception provided for in Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation No 1049/2001, whereas the document in question:

cannot be connected with issues of public security since it...