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When Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, regarding public access to information about the EU institutions, was negotiated, it was decided that the European Parliament’s access to sensitive documents should be covered by a separate Interinstitutional Agreement between Parliament and the Council to enable the European Parliament to honour its commitments under Article 21 EC of the Treaty on European Union.
All the agreements which are made between the Council and Parliament must, however, observe the fundamental principles of loyalty and the obligation for the institutions to make information mutually available. In other words, it is not fair for the Council to take decisions on the internal working procedures of Parliament, thereby arranging the institutions in a clear hierarchy. There is also a risk of information being withheld from small countries and small political groups. The agreement limits the right conferred on all members – and the public – by Regulation No 1049, in that it creates a group which has special access to information.
An interinstitutional agreement in this sensitive area should be combined with strict confidentiality rules (compatible with those of NATO). Rules like these could have been drawn up for documents concerning external security without this resulting in any change in the interinstitutional structure."@en1
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