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Document 91998E000885
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 885/98 by Bill MILLER to the Commission. Access to documentation
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 885/98 by Bill MILLER to the Commission. Access to documentation
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 885/98 by Bill MILLER to the Commission. Access to documentation
SL C 310, 9.10.1998, p. 144
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- Date of document:
- 26/03/1998; Datum dostave
- Date of dispatch:
- 26/03/1998
- Date of reply:
- 22/04/1998; ?
- Author:
- Europski parlament, MILLER
- Form:
- Pismeno pitanje
- Addressee:
- Europska komisija
- Parliamentary term:
- Četvrti parlamentarni saziv
- Political group:
- Klub socijalista u Europskom parlamentu
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91998E0885
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 885/98 by Bill MILLER to the Commission. Access to documentation
Official Journal C 310 , 09/10/1998 P. 0144
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0885/98 by Bill Miller (PSE) to the Commission (26 March 1998) Subject: Access to documentation Is the Commission aware of the decision of the Court of First Instance of 6 February 1998 (Case T-124/96) concerning access to documentation? If so, does the Commission intend to comply with point 6 of this decision which sets out a Code of Conduct? If so, does the Commission accept that point 6 states that the public will have the widest possible access to documents held by the Commission and the Council (documents in this instance meaning any written text, whatever its medium, which contains existing data and is held by the Commission or Council)? Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (22 April 1998) The Commission would inform the Honourable Member that points 4 to 6 of the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 February 1998 (Case T-124/96) are a very clear explanation of the system of access to documents introduced by the Commission in 1994. The Commission adopted Decision 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom on public access to Commission documents on 8 February 1994 ((OJ L 46, 18.2.1994. )). This decision, which establishes a code of conduct agreed jointly with the Council on 6 December 1993, lays down the principle that the public should have the widest possible access to the institutions' internal documents. Access will be refused only where disclosure of a document might endanger public or private interests or threaten the confidentiality of the institution's proceedings. The Commission would point out to the Honourable Member that its commitment to transparency is borne out by the statistics: in 1997 only 10% of requests were refused on the grounds of one of the exceptions provided for in the code of conduct.
