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EU: REGULATION ON ACCESS TO EU DOCUMENTS: European Parliament: Public access to documents: towards more transparency in the EU

01 December 2011

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EU: REGULATION ON ACCESS TO EU DOCUMENTS: European Parliament: Public access to documents: towards more transparency in the EU (Press release, pdf): The report by rapporteur Michael Cashman MEP was passed with 394 votes in favour, 197 against and 35 abstentions.The report was opposed by the PPE (Centre-right, conservative group).

The European Commissioner Maroš Šefèoviè responsible for the dossier maintained the Commission's long-standing "head in the sand" position and told the plenary: "This agreement risks taking time and I am afraid that, given the amendments proposed in the report, agreement on changes to the regulations is not within reach. I cannot of course anticipate the position that the Council will take on the proposed amendments but many of them cannot be accepted by the Commission."

See: Report on the proposal for a regulation regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (recast)

See also for all background informantion and documents Statewatch's: Observatory: the Regulation on access to EU documents: 2008 - 2011 ongoing

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