Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 13 / 2019 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos n.º 13 - Año: 2019 - Págs.: 307 a 328 322322 For all of the foregoing, it is necessary to point out that the protected judicial in-terest of limit, in the words of the author, consists in “guaranteeing healthy and free competition in equality of conditions on the part of the subjects who act within a single economic sector, so that their acquisition of profit shall be in the fairest of conditions, at the same time guaranteeing public service of quality. Nonetheless, the primacy of economic secrets shall be affected whenever there exists a general interest in their being revealed, even though this may prejudice the entity”. Finally, it is important to note that this is not a case of a novel limit, given that protection of the commercial secret is regulated in specific rules in European Union law, in State regulations and in those of the Autonomous Communities. X In Chapter X, Maria Serrat Romani studies the limit with reference to “Economic and monetary policy” set forth in Article 14.1.i) of the LTRAPIGG. At European level, Regulation (EC) no. 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 30 May 2001, relative to access by the public to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, states in its Article 4.1 that “The institutions shall deny access to a document whose release may be prejudicial to the protection of (…) the financial, monetary or economic policy of the Community or of a member State”. It is concluded that economic policy refers to the decisions adopted by governments in the economic sphere, covering systems setting tax rates and government budgets, as well as the labor market, national property, and many other areas of government intervention in the economy. The author understands that the judicial interest protected in both cases is “the general interest” given that prejudice may be produced due to unduly early release of certain economic and monetary forecasts which might affect the economic interests of the State if there took place an abuse of information by reason of the post which is held. Therefore, it is fundamental to oversee public servants in the carrying out of their functions, since the interest sought by limitation on information respecting eco-nomic and monetary policy is to ensure the well-being of the State, which must rep-resent the well-being of its citizens. In other words, revelation of certain information may prejudice the pursuit of such well-being. XI Next, Maria Asuncion Esteve Pardo offers a presentation of the elements which make up the limit on the right of access to public information relative to “The pro-fessional secret and intellectual and industrial property” as set forth in Article 14.1.j) of the LTRAPIGG. The professional secret is understood to be a legal right and obli-gation held by certain professionals, by reason of their posts or by certain enterprises
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