Client Earth and PAN Europe v. EFSA and European Commission

Reference :

C‑615/13 P and T‑214/11

Complaint date :

November 27, 2013

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

European Union, Luxembourg

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Client Earth, PAN Europe

Defendants :

EFSA, European Commission

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

P. Kirch

Case nature :

EU court

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

, Fungicide, Herbicide

Requests :

The plaintiffs claim the annulment of the decision of EFSA refusing an application for access to certain working documents relating to a guidance document, prepared by EFSA, for the benefit of applicants for authorisation to place plant protection products on the market

Name of the Court :

Court (Second Chamber) of Luxembourg, European Union

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

July 16, 2015

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The action must therefore be upheld and the EFSA decision of 12 December 2011 must be annulled. EFSA must be ordered to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by ClientEarth and PAN Europe

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

02.10.2011. EFSA refuses an application for access to certain working documents relating to a guidance document, prepared by EFSA, for the benefit of applicants for authorisation to place plant protection products on the market and, subsequently, for annulment of EFSA’s decision of 12 December 2011 withdrawing the earlier decision and granting the plaintiff access to all the information requested, except for the names of the external experts who made certain comments on the draft of that guidance document.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.