Judgment_paragraph 38 · Einhell Germany AG and Others v European Commission (T-73/12)

38However, apart from exceptional cases in which disclosure of a document might adversely affect the proper administration of justice, parties to proceedings are free to disclose their own written submissions to parties not involved in those proceedings (see order in Hangzhou Duralamp Electronics v Council, cited in paragraph 37 above, EU:T:2009:403, paragraph 14 and the case-law cited). Likewise, a party to proceedings may, subject to the same proviso, consent to a pleading which it presented in the context of those proceedings being used by another party thereto in the context of separate proceedings (order in Hangzhou Duralamp Electronics v Council, cited in paragraph 37 above, EU:T:2009:403, paragraph 14).