Judgment_paragraph 51 · Co-Frutta Soc.coop.rl v Commission of the European Communities (T-47/01)

51Next, according to settled case-law (Case T-105/95 WWF UK v Commission [1997] ECR II-313 and Case T-188/97 Rothmans v Commission [1999] ECR II-2463) all exceptions to or limitations of the right of access must be construed strictly in order to ensure observance of the principle of transparency of the decision-making process. In the light of that case-law, the Commission is under a duty to allow access to all the documents in its possession on which it has based its decision, especially where such documents are sought by operators whose interests may be harmed by a decision of the Commission. That is the case here, since the Commission has fixed the adjustment coefficient for the provisional quantities established by the Member States on the basis of the data they provided, which has affected the applicant by reducing its reference quantity.