Commission consultation on transparency

The Commission has launched a consultation on transparency which it interprets as access to documents. The consulation, adopted on April 18 2007, closes on 15 July. It assesses the implementation of the 2001 Regulation regarding public access to EU documents (Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001)

Comments are invited on the dissemination of information, a single set of rules for access to documents combined with existing rules on environmental information, and the «proper balance between transparency and the protection of personal data, of economic and commercial interests and of the principle of good administration».

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REGULATION (EC) No 1049/2001 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 May 2001