ECB v Estate of Espirito Santo Financial Group (Appeal - Confidentiality of the meetings and deliberations of ECB bodies - Judgment)

(Appeal – Decision 2004/258/EC – Article 4(1)(a) –Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (ECB) – Article 10.4 – Access to ECB documents – Decision of the Governing Council – Confidentiality of the meetings and deliberations of ECB bodies – Outcome of deliberations – Partial refusal of access – Undermining of the protection of the public interest – Obligation to state reasons)

APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 22 May 2019,

European Central Bank (ECB), represented by F. Malfrère and M. Ioannidis, acting as Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann, Rechtsanwalt,

Insolvent Estate of Espírito Santo Financial Group SA, established in Luxembourg (Luxembourg), represented by D. Duarte de Campos and S. Estima Martins, advogados,

composed of L. Bay Larsen (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, M. Safjan and N. Jääskinen, Judges,