Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents

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Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is an EU law that establishes the public’s right of access to documents held by the European Parliament, Council and Commission, promoting transparency and openness in EU decision-making.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf EU transparency law ⓘ
European Union regulation ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
adoptionProcedure co-decision procedure ⓘ
aimsTo ensure widest possible access to documents ⓘ
promote good governance in the European Union ⓘ
appliesTo all documents held by the European Parliament, Council and Commission ⓘ
documents in all areas of EU activity ⓘ
appliesToInstitution Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Commission ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
basedOnTreatyProvision Article 255 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
containsProvisionOn exceptions to the right of access ⓘ
protection of commercial interests ⓘ
protection of court proceedings and legal advice ⓘ
protection of defence and military matters ⓘ
protection of financial, monetary or economic policy of the EU or a Member State ⓘ
protection of inspections, investigations and audits ⓘ
protection of international relations ⓘ
protection of privacy and integrity of the individual ⓘ
protection of public security ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 2001-05-30 ⓘ
dateOfEntryIntoForce 2001-12-03 ⓘ
definesRight right of access to documents of the European Parliament, Council and Commission ⓘ
establishes administrative procedures for handling access to documents requests ⓘ
time limits for responding to access to documents requests ⓘ
fullName Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents ⓘ
grantsRightTo any EU citizen ⓘ
any legal person with a registered office in a Member State ⓘ
any natural person residing in a Member State ⓘ
hasBeenSubjectOf proposals for revision by the European Commission ⓘ
implementsTreatyProvision Article 255 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
influencedBy case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on access to documents ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
languageVersions all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasisFor public access to documents of EU institutions ⓘ
legalCitation OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43–48 ⓘ
OJIssuesNumber 145 ⓘ
OJPublicationDate 2001-05-31 ⓘ
OJSeries L ⓘ
providesFor confirmatory applications for access to documents ⓘ
initial applications for access to documents ⓘ
publishedIn Official Journal of the European Communities ⓘ
relatedTo Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ⓘ
principle of openness in the European Union ⓘ
requires EU institutions to maintain registers of documents ⓘ
EU institutions to make documents directly accessible where possible ⓘ
setsOut conditions for access to EU documents ⓘ
limits to access to EU documents ⓘ
principles governing access to EU documents ⓘ
shortName EU Access to Documents Regulation ⓘ
Regulation 1049/2001 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subjectMatter openness of EU institutions ⓘ
public access to documents ⓘ
transparency of EU decision-making ⓘ

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Directorate M – Transparency → providesLegalAdviceOn → Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 → fullName → Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents ⓘ
linked to: Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 → shortName → EU Access to Documents Regulation ⓘ
linked to: Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 → requires → EU institutions to maintain registers of documents ⓘ
linked to: Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents