78Contrary to the assertions which the Council makes, but without providing examples capable of substantiating the existence of a hostile media reception of the proposals at issue or of sharp criticism on the part of the public to which the Council refers, those questions are not ‘particularly sensitive’ to the point that a fundamental interest of the European Union or of the Member States would be jeopardised if the identity of those who made the proposals were to be disclosed. In that regard, it should be borne in mind that it is not the content of the proposals made by the Member State delegations which is at issue here, but solely the identification of those delegations at that stage of the legislative procedure. Furthermore, it is in the nature of democratic debate that a proposal for amendment of a draft regulation, of general scope, binding in all of its elements and directly applicable in all the Member States, can be subject to both positive and negative comments on the part of the public and media. Lastly, Article 9 of Regulation No 1049/2001 provides for a specific procedure where the document to which access is requested is likely to be defined as a ‘sensitive document’ and the Council has not invoked that procedure in the present case. Accordingly, the purportedly sensitive nature of the proposals submitted by the Member States and described in the requested document is not such as to justify in the present case the application of the first subparagraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation No 1049/2001.