Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Access to documents - Non-disclosure of a document originating from a Member State without the prior agreement of that State.

«(Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Access to documents – Non-disclosure of a document originating from a Member State without the prior agreement of that State)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. European Communities – Institutions – Public right of access to documents – Regulation No 1049/2001 – Limits on the right of access to documents – Non-disclosure of a document originating from a Member State without that State's prior agreement (Art. 255 EC; Regulation No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Art. 4(5)) 2.. European Communities – Institutions – Public right of access to documents – Regulation No 1049/2001 – Communication of documents originating from a Member State in the institution's possession – Letter of objection sent to the institution on behalf of a Member State – Determination of the competence of the letter's author – Institution's lack of competence (Regulation No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Art. 4(5)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition)17 September 2003 (1) ((Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Access to documents – Non-disclosure of a document originating from a Member State without the prior agreement of that State)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 3 April 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) Tiili Pirrung Mengozzi Meij Vilaras H. Jung V. Tiili Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: Italian.