06 October 2021
The note, from October 2021, addresses Frontex’s implementation of the EU right of public access to documents, seeting out the relevant legal regime, Frontex's obligations to proactively facilitate access to documents, Frontex's practice concerning access to documents requests, and the question of access to justice concerning public access to documents decisions.
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Shortcomings in Frontex’s practice on public access to documents
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Legal regime for access to documents
3. Proactively Facilitating Access to Documents
Obligations
An Inadequate Document Register
An Incomplete Annual Access to Documents Report
Recommendations
4. Facilitating Passive Access
Obligations
Third-Country Nationals Excluded from the Scope of Beneficiaries
The Right to Public Access to Documents in Practice
Recommendations
5. Access to Justice: The Question of Designating Costs
Case T-31/18 DEP: Legal Costs as a Stifling Mechanism
Framework for Costs of Legal Proceedings Before the Court of Justice
Legal Proceedings Costs & Access to Justice
Recommendations
The report can also be accessed here.
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