Skip to content

GlobalLawDBby GenieAI

Laws Search Sanctions Map Data Developers

Search the text of the law

Log in Get an API key

Laws Search Sanctions Map Data Developers

Log in Get an API key

The Global Law Database. Free to read, built for people and AI agents.

Explore

All laws
Search the text
Sanctions
Map of connections
Compare UK and EU

Developers

AI agents (MCP)
REST API
Bulk data
API keys

Coverage

United Kingdom
European Union
United States
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Austria
Norway
Finland
Switzerland
Ireland

GlobalLawDB is made by GenieAI, London. It is not legal advice: check the official text before relying on it. Text comes from official publishers under their licences, listed on the Data page.

ThemeMatch my systemLightDark

European Union
ClientEarth v European Commission (C-612/13 P)
Judgment
The appeal
The third ground of appeal
Findings of the Court
90

ClientEarth v European Commission (C-612/13 P)

Judgment of 16 Jul 2015law://eu/cjeu/2013/c-612-13/para_90@2026-11-10

90It is however for the party requesting access to refer to specific circumstances to establish an overriding public interest which justifies the disclosure of the documents concerned (judgment in Strack v Commission, C‑127/13 P, EU:C:2014:2250, paragraph 128 and case-law cited).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-612/13 P · ECLI:EU:C:2015:486
Decided: 16 Jul 2015
Procedure: Action for annulment
Ruled invalid: 62011TJ0111
Applicant: ClientEarth
Defendant: European Commission
Rapporteur: K. Lenaerts
Advocate General: P. Cruz Villalón
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62013CJ0612

Topics

Access to documents International agreements

History · 1 version

16 Jul 2015Reading

Connections

Interprets 1: ClientEarth v European Commission (T-111/11)
Cited by 18: Novis Insurance Company, Novis Versicherungsgesellschaft, Novis Compagnia di Assicurazioni, Novis Poisťovňa a.s. v European Commission (T-185/24)2 provisions; ClientEarth AISBL v European Commission (T-359/21); SD v European Medicines Agency (T-623/22)2 provisions; Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) v European Commission (T-104/23); ClientEarth AISBL v European Commission (C-249/23); Margrete Auken and Others v European Commission (T-689/21)2 provisions; Fabien Courtois and Others v European Commission (T-761/21)2 provisions; Roberto Acampora and Others v European Commission (T-261/23); Patrick Breyer v European Research Executive Agency (REA) (C-135/22 P); European Investment Bank and European Commission v ClientEarth (C-212/21 P)2 provisions; ClientEarth AISBL v European Commission (T-354/21); Patrick Breyer v European Research Executive Agency (T-158/19)2 provisions; AlzChem Group AG v European Commission (T-569/19); Laurent Pech v Council of the European Union (T-252/19); Mellifera eV, Vereinigung für wesensgemäße Bienenhaltung v European Commission (C-784/18); ViaSat, Inc. v European Commission (T-649/17); Liam Campbell v European Commission (T-701/18)2 provisions; ViaSat, Inc. v European Commission (T-734/17)
Cites 22: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; The Queen, on the application of International Air Transport Association and European Low Fares Airline Association v Department for Transport (C-344/04); Guido Strack v European Commission (C-127/13 P)2 provisions; European Commission v Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH (C-139/07 P); Kingdom of Sweden and Maurizio Turco v Council of the European Union (C-39/05); Kingdom of Sweden v Association de la presse internationale ASBL (API) and European Commission, Association de la presse internationale ASBL (API) v European Commission and European Commission v Association de la presse internationale ASBL (API) (C-514/07 P, C-528/07 P, C-532/07 P); Council of the European Union v Sophie in ’t Veld (C-350/12); European Commission v Éditions Odile Jacob SAS (C-404/10 P); Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) and Republic of Finland v European Commission (C-514/11 P, C-605/11 P); European Commission v EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (C-365/12 P); Kingdom of Sweden v European Commission and MyTravel Group plc (C-506/08 P); WWF UK (World Wide Fund for Nature) v Commission of the European Communities (T-105/95); Council of the European Union and Others v Vereniging Milieudefensie and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht (C-401/12 P, C-402/12 P, C-403/12 P); Air Transport Association of America and Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (C-366/10); The Queen, on the application of International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) and Others v Secretary of State for Transport (C-308/06); Nakajima All Precision Co. Ltd v Council of the European Communities (C-69/89); Council Directive 90/313/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the freedom of access to information on the environment; 2005/370/EC: Council Decision of 17 February 2005 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters; Association de la presse internationale ASBL (API) v Commission of the European Communities (T-36/04); Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies