In a recent court judgment (De Capitani v Council), the General Court of the EU finds that the Council erroneously relied on the access to documents regulation (Regulation 1049/2001) to refuse access to Council working party documents pertaining to an ongoing legislative decision-making procedure in order to protect the negotiation process, Dutch Foreign Ministry experts observe.
Tag: informality
Three recent cases mark an end to the lull in access litigation against the Council of recent years.
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Expert committee voices concern about the consequences of informal Council document category for transparency law and the democratic legitimacy of EU legislation.
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A new publication in the Journal of Common Market Studies by TrUE project researcher Maarten Hillebrandt demonstrates how informality may help explain anomalies in Council transparency policy.
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