Judgment_paragraph 193 · ClientEarth and The International Chemical Secretariat v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (T-245/11)

193While it is true that an overriding public interest capable of justifying the disclosure of a document must not necessarily be distinct from the principles which underlie Regulation No 1049/2001 (judgment in LPN and Finland v Commission, cited in paragraph 145 above, paragraph 92), it is none the less apparent from the case-law that general considerations alone cannot provide an appropriate basis for establishing that the principle of transparency is of particularly pressing concern and capable of prevailing over the reasons justifying the refusal to disclose the documents in question, and that it is the task of the party requesting information to make specific reference to circumstances showing that there is an overriding public interest to justify the disclosure of the documents concerned (see, to that effect, judgment in LPN and Finland v Commission, cited in paragraph 145 above, paragraphs 93 and 94 and the case-law cited).

ClientEarth and The International Chemical Secretariat v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (T-245/11)

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