Article 5
Consultations 1. Where the Foundation receives an application for access to a document which it holds but which originates from a third party, the Foundation shall check whether one of the exceptions provided for under Article 4 of the Regulation applies. 2. If, after that examination, the Foundation considers that access to it must be refused under one of the exceptions provided for by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the negative answer shall be sent to the applicant without consultation of the third-party author. 3. The Foundation shall grant the application without consulting the third-party author where: (a) the document requested has already been disclosed either by its author or under the Regulation or similar provisions; (b) the disclosure, or partial disclosure, of its contents will not affect one of the interests referred to in Article 4 of the Regulation.