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C 85/28 EN 8.4.2003 Official Journal of the European Union 4.3. To achieve the targets set by the directive, the Com- mittee calls on the Commission to take more account of the proposals and suggestions presented in its opinion of 28 April 1999 (1) and in this opinion, in particular: — amendment of the scope of the exclusions by stating explicitly that the directive applies to documents held by