Judgment_paragraph 144 · Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd and Sumika Fine Chemicals Co. Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (T-22/02, T-23/02)

144Since the fact that that information has become public after the present actions were instituted precludes confidential treatment of it (orders of the President of the Second Chamber, Extended Composition, of the Court of First Instance of 9 November 1994 in Case T-7/93 Langnese Iglo v Commission, not published in the ECR, paragraph 11; of the President of the Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition, of the Court of First Instance of 3 June 1997 in Case T-102/96 Gencor v Commission [1997] ECR II-879, paragraph 29; and of the President of the Second Chamber, Extended Composition, of the Court of First Instance of 3 July 1998 in Case T-143/96 Volkswagen and Volkswagen Sachsen v Commission, not published in the ECR, paragraph 20), the applicants' request must be rejected.