The General Court dismissed the action for annulment of the decision of 17 December 2008 by its judgment of 23 November 2011 in Dennekamp v Parliament (T‑82/09, EU:T:2011:688). In essence, the Court ruled that the applicant had failed to take account, in his application for access to the documents, of the principle laid down in the judgment of 29 June 2010 in Commission v Bavarian Lager (C‑28/08 P, ECR, EU:C:2010:378, paragraph 63), that it is necessary, where an application for access relates to personal data, to apply in full Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ 2001 L 8, p. 1). More specifically, the Court found that the applicant had failed to demonstrate the necessity for the personal data to be transferred, as was required by the provisions of Article 8(b) of Regulation No 45/2001 (judgment in Dennekamp v Parliament, EU:T:2011:688, paragraphs 31 to 35).