Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-17-Speech-3-299"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.19991117.8.3-299"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:translated text |
"As the honourable Member knows, Article 255, formerly Article 191a, of the Treaty establishing the European Community reads as follows:
“1. Any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, shall have a right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, subject to the principles and the conditions to be defined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. General principles and limits on grounds of public or private interest governing this right of access to documents shall be determined by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 within two years of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam.
3. Each institution referred to above shall elaborate in its own Rules of Procedure specific provisions regarding access to its documents.”
To date, the Commission has not submitted any official proposal for an Act. Nor has the Council under such circumstances yet been able to begin discussing the matter. In view of the fact that the general principles and limits relating to the public’s right of access, in accordance with Article 255, to the above-mentioned institutions’ documents are to be established with the European Parliament in accordance with the relevant decision-making procedure by no later than 30 April 2001, the Council will begin discussing any proposal for an Act as soon as it has received this. No decision has yet been made as to the working party which is to be responsible for examining the Commission’s proposal.
In his programme document on transparency, the chairman of the working party concerned with making information available presented the idea of an ad hoc group consisting specifically of experts on making documents available to the public."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples