17It should also be observed in that regard that the Court held in Case C-274/99 P Connolly v Commission [2001] ECR I-1611, paragraph 53, that the second paragraph of Article 17 of the Staff Regulations clearly provides that, in principle, permission is to be granted and may be refused only in exceptional cases.
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