Pollinis France v. European Commission

Reference :
T‑371/20 and T‑554/20 //T:2022:556
Complaint date :
June 15, 2020
Status :
Final judgment
Place of jurisdiction :
European Union, Luxembourg
Plaintiffs types :
Environmental NGOs
Plaintiffs names :
Pollinis France
Defendants :
European Commission
Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :
Corinne Lepage, Théophile Bégel
Case nature :
EU court
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Not specified
Requests :
Pollinis France is seeking the annulment of two decisions of the European Commission, by which the latter refused it access to certain documents.
Name of the Court :
Court of Justice of the European Union of Luxembourg, European Union
Jurisdiction level :
Decision date :
September 14, 2022
Decision nature :
Positive
Decision content :
The court annuls the decisions of the European Commission C(2020) 4231 final of 19 June 2020 and C(2020) 5120 final of 21 July 2020, in that they refuse to grant access to the requested documents
Legal basis :
Court Ruling :
Link to the ruling
Summary :

Pollinis France seeks the annulment of two decisions by which the European Commission refused it access to certain documents concerning the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) guidance document on the risk assessment of plant protection products for bees, adopted by EFSA on June 27, 2013. The court annuls the European Commission's decisions insofar as they refuse access to the requested documents.

Scientific references :
No scientifice reference for this case.
Related links :
Action brought on 15 June 2020 – Pollinis France v Commission (Case T-371/20)
Action brought on 8 September 2020 – Pollinis France v Commission (Case T-554/20)
Le tribunal de l’union Européenne réaffirme avec force le droit à la communication des documents émanant des institutions de l’UE dans une affaire relative à la toxicité des pesticides