Article 9
Documents directly accessible to the public 1. This Article applies only to documents drawn up or received after the date from which Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 applies. 2. The following documents shall be automatically provided on request and, as far as possible, made directly accessible by electronic means: (a) agendas for Commission meetings; (b) ordinary minutes of Commission meetings, after approval; (c) documents adopted by the Commission for publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities; (d) documents originating from third parties which have already been disclosed by their author or with his consent; (e) documents already disclosed following a previous application. 3. If it is clear that none of the exceptions provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is applicable to them, the following documents may be made available, as far as possible by electronic means, provided they do not reflect opinions or individual positions: (a) after the adoption of a proposal for an act of the Council or of the European Parliament and of the Council, preparatory documents for that proposal that were submitted to the College during the adoption process; (b) after the adoption of an act by the Commission under the implementing powers conferred on it, preparatory documents for that act submitted to the College during the adoption process; (c) after the adoption by the Commission of an act under its own powers, or of a communication, report or working document, preparatory documents for that document submitted to the College during the adoption process.