35First, at the level of principle, it is settled law that an applicant retains an interest in seeking the annulment of an act of an institution in order to prevent its alleged unlawfulness from recurring in the future. That interest in bringing proceedings follows from the first paragraph of Article 266 TFEU, under which the institution whose act has been declared void is required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court. However, that interest in bringing proceedings can exist only if the alleged unlawfulness is liable to recur in the future independently of the circumstances which have given rise to the action brought by the applicant (see Wunenburger v Commission, paragraph 33 above, paragraphs 50 to 52 and the case-law cited). That is the situation in the present case, since, first, Access Info Europe’s allegation of unlawfulness is based on an interpretation of one of the exceptions provided for in Regulation No 1049/2001 that the Council is very likely to rely on again at the time of a new request and, secondly, Access Info Europe — as an association seeking to promote openness within the European Union — is likely to submit, in future, similar requests for access to the same type of document.