Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 November 2009.#Landtag Schleswig-Holstein v Commission of the European Communities.#Appeal - Action for annulment - Access to documents - Capacity of a regional parliament to be a party to legal proceedings.#Case C-281/08 P.

Subject of the case

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2008 in Case T‑236/06 Landtag Schleswig‑Holstein v Commission , by which the Court rejected as inadmissible an application for annulment of the Commission’s decisions of 10 March and 23 June 2006 refusing to grant the applicant access to the document SEC (2005) 420, of 22 March 2005 containing a legal analysis of a draft framework decision, under discussion in the Council, on the retention of data processed and stored in relation to the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of data transmitted by means of the public communications networks, for purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime and criminal offences, including terrorism – Capacity of a regional parliament to be a party to legal proceedings – Right to be heard before a court – Definition of ‘legal person’ in the fourth paragraph of Article 230 EC.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders the Landtag Schleswig‑Holstein to pay the costs.