Access to documents
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In principle, all EU citizens and legal persons have access to EU documents. But there are many exceptions.
According to the Amsterdam Treaty (Art. 255) and the Treaty of Nice, citizens have a right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. Under Art. 255, in May 2001, the EU adopted a regulation on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
On 9 November 2005 the European Commission established a European Transparency Initiative with the aim to strengthen transparency throughout the European Union.
The Lisbon Treaty does not change the rule laid down in Art. 255 TEC.
Links
See also Transparency
Access to Documents: http://europa.eu.int/comm/secr......neral/sgc/acc_doc/index_en.htm http://www.europarl.europa.eu/opengov/pdf/2001_1834_en.pdf http://www.europarl.europa.eu/......ng=2&procnum=CNS/2002/0203
The European Transparency Initiative http://ec.europa.eu/commission......oso/kallas/transparency_en.htm
