19In support of the contested decision, the Commission essentially took the view that the documents which were the subject of the correspondence between it and the Portuguese authorities were all covered by the exception laid down in Article 4(2), third indent, of Regulation No 1049/2001, as interpreted in Case T-191/99 Petrie and Others v Commission [2001] ECR II-3677, paragraph 68, which relates to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits.
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