54Moreover, it must be acknowledged that the ECB enjoys broad discretion for the purpose of determining whether the public interest concerning the protection of documents for internal use might be undermined by the disclosure of the information contained in the document at issue. Thus the EU judicature’s review of the legality of such a decision must be limited to verifying whether the procedural rules and the obligation to state reasons have been complied with, whether the facts have been accurately stated, and whether there has been a manifest error of assessment or a misuse of powers (see, by analogy, judgment of 4 June 2015, Versorgungswerk der Zahnärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein v ECB, T‑376/13, EU:T:2015:361, paragraph 53 and the case-law cited). Therefore, given the limited scope of the review conducted by the EU judicature, the ECB’s compliance with its obligation to provide a statement of reasons takes on even more fundamental importance. Indeed, only in this way can the EU judicature verify whether the factual and legal elements upon which the exercise of the power of assessment depends were present (see, by analogy, judgment of 4 June 2015, Versorgungswerk der Zahnärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein v ECB, T‑376/13, EU:T:2015:361, paragraph 54 and the case-law cited).
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