(Access to documents— Regulation (EC) No1049/2001— Request for access to the observations of the Commission and a detailed opinion of a Member State in the context of a notification procedure under Directive (EU) 2015/1535

7By application lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 10November 2017, the applicant brought the present action.

8The applicant claims that the Court should:

–annul the contested decision;

–order the Commission to pay the costs.

9By document lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 2February 2018, the Commission requested the General Court to declare that the action for annulment has become devoid of purpose and that there was no longer any need to adjudicate on it. It informed the General Court that, on 7 December 2017, it had decided to close the infringement procedure 2013/4218 and that, by a new Decision C(2018) 678 final of 31January 2018, it had granted the applicant access to the two requested documents. In that connection, it stated that, after the closure of the infringement procedure, it no longer had any need to protect an on-going investigation. It also requested the General Court to order the applicant to pay the costs.

10In its observations lodged on 23February 2018 on the application for a declaration that there is no need to adjudicate on the action lodged by the Commission, the applicant agreed with that request and asked the General Court to order the Commission to pay the costs.

11By document lodged at the Registry of the Court on 8March 2018, the Republic of Poland applied for leave to intervene in support of the form of order sought by the Commission.