translate English to French: By letter of 17 January 2000 the Commission's 'Taxation and Excise Union‘ Directorate-General informed the applicant that its request had been refused on the ground that disclosure of the documents in question could undermine the protection of confidentiality as requested by the legal persons that had supplied the information.
Par lettre du 17 janvier 2000, la direction générale «Fiscalité et union douanière» de la Commission a informé la requérante du rejet de sa demande, au motif que la divulgation des documents en cause pourrait porter atteinte à la protection de la confidentialité demandée par les personnes morales qui ont fourni l'information.