35It should be recalled, at the outset, that Article 15(3) TFEU provides that any citizen of the European Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, is to have a right of access to the documents of the institutions of the European Union, subject to the principles and the conditions defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 294 TFEU (see judgment of 27 February 2014 in Commission v EnBW, C‑365/12 P, ECR, EU:C:2014:112, paragraph 61 and the case-law cited). In accordance with recital 1 in the preamble to Regulation No 1049/2001, that regulation reflects the intention expressed in the second paragraph of Article 1 TEU — inserted by the Treaty of Amsterdam — of marking a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen. As is stated in recital 2 in the preamble to Regulation No 1049/2001, the right of public access to documents of the institutions is related to the democratic nature of those institutions (judgments of 1 July 2008 in Sweden and Turco v Council, C‑39/05 P and C‑52/05 P, ECR, EU:C:2008:374, paragraph 34, and 21 July 2011 in Sweden v MyTravel and Commission, C‑506/08 P, ECR, EU:C:2011:496, paragraph 72).
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