Pollinis France v. European Commission

T‑371/20 and T‑554/20 //T:2022:556
June 15, 2020
Final judgment
European Union, Luxembourg

Environmental NGOs
Pollinis France
European Commission
Corinne Lepage, Théophile Bégel

EU court
Not specified
Pollinis France is seeking the annulment of two decisions of the European Commission, by which the latter refused it access to certain documents.
Court of Justice of the European Union of Luxembourg, European Union

September 14, 2022
Positive
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

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.