Access to the file
Article 16
1. At the request of the recognised organisation to which a statement of objections has been addressed, the Commission shall grant access to the file containing documents and other evidence compiled by the Commission on the alleged infringement. 2. The Commission shall set the date and make the relevant practical arrangements for the recognised organisation's access to the file, which may be granted in electronic form only. 3. The Commission shall make available to the recognised organisation concerned, upon request, a list of all the documents contained in the file. 4. The recognised organisation concerned shall have the right to access the documents and information contained in the file. When granting such access, the Commission shall have due regard to business secrets, confidential information or the internal character of documents issued by the Commission or the European Maritime Safety Agency. 5. For the purposes of paragraph 4, internal documents of the Commission and the European Maritime Safety Agency may include: (a) documents or parts of documents pertaining to the internal deliberations of the Commission and its services and of the European Maritime Safety Agency, including the opinions and recommendations of the European Maritime Safety Agency addressed to the Commission; (b) documents or parts of documents forming part of the correspondence between the Commission and the European Maritime Safety Agency or between the Commission and Member States.