Če generalni direktorat ali služba, ki hrani dokument, po preučevanju presodita, da je treba dostop do njega zavrniti v okviru ene od izjem iz člena 4 Uredbe (ES) št. 1049/2001, se negativni odgovor pošlje prosilcu brez posvetovanja z avtorjem, ki je tretja stranka.
If, after that examination, the Directorate-General or department holding the document 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.