43According to settled case-law, exceptions in regard to access to documents must be construed and applied strictly so as not to defeat the general principle of giving the public the widest possible access to documents held by the EU institutions (judgments of 18 December 2007 in Sweden v Commission, C‑64/05 P, ECR, EU:C:2007:802, paragraph 66; 1 July 2008 in Sweden and Turkey v Council, C‑39/05 P and C‑52/05 P, ECR, EU:C:2008:374, paragraph 36; and 6 July 2006 in Franchet and Byk v Commission, T‑391/03 and T‑70/04, ECR, EU:T:2006:190, paragraph 84).
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