Judgment_paragraph 67 · Siderúrgica Aristrain Madrid SL v Commission of the European Communities (C-196/99 P)

67As regards the second part of this limb of the ground of appeal, which relates to the statement of reasons for the refusal to grant the application for production of documents, it should be observed that it is for the Community judicature to decide, in the light of the circumstances of the case and in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure on measures of inquiry, whether it is necessary for a document to be produced. With regard to the Court of First Instance, it follows from Article 49 read in conjunction with Article 65(b) of its Rules of Procedure that a request for production of documents is a measure of inquiry which the Court may order at any stage of the proceedings (see Case C-286/95 P Commission v ICI [2000] ECR I-2341, paragraphs 49 and 50).