48It follows from the foregoing that, irrespective of the identity of the person who requests access to a document, that document may not be protected under the exception laid down in the second indent of Article 4(2) of Regulation No 1049/2001 unless it was drawn up in the context of specific court proceedings before a court of the European Union, of a Member State, of an International Organisation or of a third state, or, if that is not the case, if, on the date on which that request is replied to, it has been produced in those court proceedings.
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