70It submits that the need for confidentiality makes it impossible to allow public access to any document relating to the essential part of an OLAF investigation, even when it is completed, at the very least as long as a final decision has not been taken by the judicial authorities seized or by the appointing authority. It relies on the interpretation by analogy of Case T-191/99 Petrie and Others v Commission [2001] ECR II-3677. It considers that the requirement of confidentiality is particularly justified given that OLAF investigations can lead to criminal or disciplinary proceedings and that, if judicial or disciplinary proceedings are initiated, the persons involved are entitled to observance of the presumption of innocence.
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