Tag: access info europe

European Court of Justice upholds judgement in Access Info Europe appeal

Post author By Editor
Post date October 23, 2013

The Court of Justice of the EU dismisses in full the Council’s appeal against an earlier judgement in the much publicised Access Info Europe case.

The long awaited judgement of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the Access Info Europe appeal was finally handed down last week, on 17 October. After losing a case against Access Info Europe (AIE) in front of the lower General Court, the Council appealed. The CJEU now has found that the General Court’s judgement was correct and must therefore be upheld. In total, three separate pleas in law filed by the Council were refuted.

Tags 2013, access info europe, accountability, case law, council, court, democracy, legislative procedures, regulation 1049

Civil society

Guide on exercising your access to documents rights in the EU

Post author By Editor
Post date June 4, 2013

Image AIE Guide on access Earlier this year, the Madrid-based transparency advocacy organisation Access Info Europe released a manual for those seeking access to European Union documents.

The Guide on Access EU Documents is particularly aimed at citizens and civil society, but also at academics and journalists. By explaining the administrative procedure underlying Regulation 1049/2001 (the EU’s law on access to documents) step by step, AIE seeks to “demystify” an opaque procedure which “remains underused by the population at large”.

Tags 2013, access info europe, access to documents, driessen, guide, ngo, report

Civil society Jurisprudence

AG Opinion in Access Info Europe appeal: the transparency saga continues

Post author By Editor
Post date May 21, 2013

Last week, Advocate General Cruz Villalón delivered his opinion in the Council’s appeal against the General Court’s Access Info Europe judgement of 2011.

Tags 2013, access info europe, AG opinion, court, democracy, legislative procedures

Civil society Jurisprudence

Hearing in Appeal Access Info Europe Case Sees Parties Putting Forward Their Views About Transparency in Process

Post author By Editor
Post date February 25, 2013

The Council of the European Union defends its appeal in Luxembourg. On Thursday 21 February, the litigating parties in the Access Info Europe case appeal convened at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg for a hearing. This marks the next step in this case, since the the Council contested the General Court’s ruling by bringing an appeal.

Tags 2013, access info europe, access to documents, council, court, member states, reform, regulation 1049, revision