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In duly justified cases, a requested authority may refuse to comply with a request for information under paragraph 2 where: the applicant authority has not sufficiently substantiated that the requested information is necessary in order to establish non-compliance; the requested authority demonstrates reasonable grounds showing that complying with the request would substantially impair the execution of its own activities.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.