Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001

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Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001

Title: Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
Designation:
(not official) 		Freedom of Information Regulation
Scope: EU
Legal matter: Freedom of Information
Basis: EGV , in particular Art. 255 Paragraph 2
Procedure overview: European Commission
European Parliament
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To be used from: December 3, 2001
Reference: OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, pp. 43-48
Full text Consolidated version (not official)
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Regulation has entered into force and is applicable.
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The Regulation (EC) no. 1049/2001 is a European Union regulation that the EU Commission regulates access to European Parliament, Council and. After that, all EU citizens have the right to receive documents from the institutions on request.

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The regulation is intended to guarantee the transparency of the EU institutions and thus ensure better participation of citizens in the decision-making process. In particular, documents relating to the legislative process of the European Union should be made directly accessible to the greatest possible extent.

Structure of the regulation

The regulation consists of 19 articles:

  • Articles 1 to 3: General provisions (purpose, authorized access and scope, definitions)
  • Articles 4 and 5: Exceptions to information access, documents from member states
  • Articles 6 to 10: modalities of the application process
  • Articles 11 to 14: Active publications and information
  • Articles 15 to 18: Administrative practice and measures
  • Article 19: Entry into Force

complain

Following a lawsuit by former civil servant Emilio de Capitani against the European Parliament, the Court of the European Union ruled on March 22, 2018 that the EU institutions must also issue documents from informal trialogues based on Regulation 1049/2001 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.umweltinstitut.org/presse/presse-details/aspresse/129/umweltinstitut-klagt-auf-freigabe-geheimer-sitzungsdokumente-zu-ceta.html?tx_aspresse_pi1%5Bpage%5D=6&cHash=82d0df73a0f770693cad4cd0ddfb1662
  2. ↑ Bretthauer, Sebastian. "Access to information in the law of the European Union." Public Administration (2013): 677–685
  3. ↑ Upon a specific request, the European Parliament must in principle grant access to the documents on the ongoing trialogues. (PDF) In: Curia EU. March 22, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ EU court criticizes European legislative process. In: Zeit Online . March 22, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 .