Tag: access to documents

Court limits protection of inspections exception in case against OLAF

Post author By Editor
Post date September 13, 2021

EU spending watchdog OLAF loses access to documents case against Hungarian civil association after Court finds the protection of inspections cannot serve as a reason to refuse access after such inspections are closed.

**Not as bright as on the brochure?** Inhabitants of Gyál wanted to know whether their street lighting company had done more than a sloppy job. Image: excerpt from the Elios website.

Tags 2021, access to documents, court, fraud, general court, general presumption, hungary, inspection, olaf

Civil society Oversight

European Ombudsman launches stakeholder survey on access to documents

Post author By Editor
Post date September 6, 2021

Survey comes in the 20th anniversary year of the EU’s first access to documents act (Regulation 1049/2001), and ahead of a dedicated conference to be held in November.

Tags 2021, 20years, access to documents, European Ombudsman, regulation 1049, survey

Oversight

European Parliament monitoring group report calls out Frontex transparency malpractice

Post author By Editor
Post date July 15, 2021

Scathing report criticises Frontex for fundamental rights breaches and malpractices reducing transparency.

Still of the report’s author, MEP Tineke Strik. Credit: Strik’s twitter account.

Tags 2021, access to documents, european parliament, frontex

Implementation

Making it seem better than it is

Post author By Editor
Post date June 23, 2021

Comparison of European Parliament’s and the Council’s access to documents annual reports reveals discrepancies in the information shared, Sofia Sormunen shows.

Tags 2021, access to documents, council, european parliament, regulation 1049, report, sofia sormunen