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title: "CJEU, C-175/18 P: The principle of public access to EU documents and its exceptions, applied to the request for access to medicinal products’ marketing authorization applications"
description: The Court of Justice on the rules about public access to documents, in a case concerning the request for access to a medicinal product's MA file. The Court excluded the application of the general presumption of confidentiality.
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# [CJEU, C-175/18 P: The principle of public access to EU documents and its exceptions, applied to the request for access to medicinal products’ marketing authorization applications](https://www.jacobacci-law.com/news-and-publications/cjeu-c-175-18-p-the-principle-of-public-access-to-eu-documents-and-its-exceptions)

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The Court of Justice on the rules about public access to documents, in a case concerning the request for access to a medicinal product's MA file. The Court excluded the application of the general presumption of confidentiality.

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