Food-Labelling Case Exposes Risks on EU Transparency Rules
Marta Morcuende2026-07-13T11:52:22+02:00Brussels-Madrid, 13 July 2026 – Access Info Europe has lodged an appeal before the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case concerning public access to key legislative documents related to the revision of the Food Information to Consumers (FIC) Regulation. The appeal challenges a General Court order that dismissed Access Info's action as inadmissible and raises broader questions about the safeguards established by Regulation 1049/2001, the EU law governing public access to documents. The case concerns documents originally requested by foodwatch in 2023, and then again by Access Info in 2025, including the European Commission's Impact