44The Court has emphasised that Article 4(5) of Regulation No 1049/2001 is procedural in nature, since it confines itself to requiring the prior agreement of the Member State concerned where that State has made a specific request to that effect, and that it is a provision dealing with the process of adoption of an EU decision (Sweden v Commission, paragraphs 78 and 81, and IFAW Internationaler Tierschutz-Fonds v Commission, paragraph 53).
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