Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 March 2012.#Kathleen Egan and Margaret Hackett v European Parliament.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.#Case T‑190/10.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the European Parliament’s decision of 12 February 2010 in so far as it refuses to grant the applicants the access sought to the public registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 12 February 2010 in so far as it refuses to grant Kathleen Egan and Margaret Hackett the access requested to the public registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament;

2. Orders the Parliament to pay the costs incurred by Mrs Egan and Mrs Hackett and to refund to the Court cashier the sums advanced by way of legal aid granted to Mrs Egan;

3. Orders the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to bear its own costs.