# Article 7 — Access to the file and use of documents **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/731 · binding · OJ L 158, 6.5.2021 · dated 26 Jan 2021 [in force]** *In force · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/731, OJ L 158, 6.5.2021 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/731/oj/eng)* 1. Where so requested, ESMA shall grant access to the file to the parties to whom the investigation officer or ESMA has sent a statement of findings. Access shall be granted following the notification of any statement of findings. 2. File documents accessed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall be used only for the purposes of judicial or administrative proceedings concerning the application of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.