Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 July 2011.#Gregorio Valero Jordana v European Commission.#Access to documents - Regulation(EC) No 1049/2001- Reserve list for an open competition and individual decisions concerning the appointment of officials - Refusal of access - Exception concerning privacy and the integrity of the individual - Protection of personal data - Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.#Case T-161/04.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision of the Commission of 10 February 2004 refusing the applicant’s request for access to the reserve list for open competition A7/A6 COM/A/637 and the individual decisions appointing officials in Grade A 6 from 5 October 1995.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the Commission of the European Communities of 10 February 2004 refusing to give Mr Gregorio Valero Jordana access to the reserve list for open competition A7/A6 COM/A/637 and the individual decisions appointing officials in Grade A 6 from 5 October 1995;

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay Mr Valero Jordana’s costs;

3. Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to bear its own costs;

4. Orders the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to bear his own costs;

5. Removes the Kingdom of Denmark as an intervener in Case T‑161/04;

6. Orders the Kingdom of Denmark to bear its own costs;

7. Orders Mr Valero Jordana, the Commission, the Kingdom of Sweden and the EDPS to bear their own costs in regard to the Kingdom of Denmark’s intervention.