44That is clear from, in particular, Articles 2(1), 6(1) and 12(1) of that regulation, as well as from its title and from the 4th and 11th recitals in its preamble. The first of those provisions guarantees, without distinction, the right of access to any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, the second specifying in that regard that an applicant is not obliged to state reasons for the application. Article 12(1) provides that the institutions are as far as possible to make documents ‘directly’ accessible to the public in electronic form or through a register. The title of Regulation No 1049/2001 and the 4th and 11th recitals in its preamble also emphasise that the purpose of the regulation is to make the institutions' documents accessible to the ‘public’.
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