European Union – Rules on competition. The Court of Justice of the European Union allowed the appeal by Evonik Degussa GmbH (EDG) against a judgment of the General Court of the European Union by which that court had dismissed EDG's action for annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) final, rejecting a request for confidential treatment submitted by EDG under art 8 of Decision 2011/695/EU on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in competition proceedings.