Review article
Right of access to documents of the European Commission, the Parliament, and the Council of the European Union
Aleksandra Čar
orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-1886
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper gives an overview of the legal framework of the right of access to documents in possession of the main European Union institutions involved in decision- making processes, namely the European Commission, the Parliament, and the Council of the European Union. This right is currently regulated by the Regulation No. 1049/2001. The paper examines the key provisions of the Regulation, as well as the events that led to its adoption. Taking into consideration that in 2008 the European Commission initiated a legislative procedure for the revision of the Regulation on access to documents, the paper also describes and analyzes possible changes of the original legal act, as well as reasons for the lengthy process of their adoption.
Keywords
European Union; transparency; right of access to documents; right of access to information; Regulation 1049/2001
Hrčak ID:
106584
URI
Publication date:
12.3.2013.
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