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Reports on the EU
Reports on Transparency in the European Union The Secret State of EU Transparency Reforms This report came out of Access Info's litigation with the Council of the European Union at the General Court of the EU (Case T-233/09). We had asked for documents showing what was being debated during the
EU access to doc principles
European Union Principles on Access to Parliament, Council and Commission Documents Background The European Union’s equivalent of an access to information law has the formal title of Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding Public Access to European Parliament, Council and Commission Documents (henceforth, Regulation 1049/2001). It grants members of the public and legal entities
proposed amendments to EU access to docs regulation
Proposed Amendments to EU Access to Documents Regulation 1049/2001 In 2008, after a relatively short seven years of application during which the European Commission lost a number of key cases overturning its refusals to grant access to documents, it proposed a complete recasting of the Regulation 1049/2001. The justifications for
Materials Spain
Documents on the right of Access to information in Spain Spain is the only country in the EU with a population of more than one million which still does not have an Access to Information law. Below are some useful documents in which Access Info Europe has analysed the current
Results of first public consultation confirm defects of Spain’s draft Access to Information law
17 January 2011 - Access Info Europe published today the results of the public consultation it launched on the draft Spanish Access to Information law. Results of the consultation (Spanish) The consultation reveals that the Spanish public wants the government to be transparent with the adoption process of this law,
Request Process in Spain
Summary: The Access to Information Law defers to other legislation Request sent to Ministry of Justice Outcome of request Information refused Time taken to respond 6 working days (deadline is 1 month) Reason for refusal FOI exceptions applied to registers. Personal privacy. Information not held. The initial request was
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