Law on child sexual abuse material
Dear Council of the European Union,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
All working papers and other documents containing positions, comments and text proposals of member states on the law to combat child sexual abuse (2022/015 COD) between May 11, 2022 and August 10, 2022. This shall include, but is not limited to, tables with comments and drafting suggestions by member states.
Yours faithfully,
Clothilde Goujard
C/O POLITICO
Rue de la loi, 62
1000 Brussels
Belgium
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Yours sincerely,
Transparency
General Secretariat of the Council
Directorate-General Communication and Information - COMM
Directorate Information and Outreach
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Please find attached a letter from the General Secretariat of the Council
concerning your request for access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency
General Secretariat of the Council
Directorate-General Communication and Information - COMM
Directorate Information and Outreach
Information Services Unit / Transparency
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, 175 - B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel - Belgique/België
[1]www.consilium.europa.eu | [2][email address]
Disclaimer: The views expressed are solely those of the writer and may not
be regarded as stating an official position of the Council of the EU
Clause de non-responsabilité: Les avis exprimés n'engagent que leur auteur
et ne peuvent être considérés comme une position officielle du Conseil de
l'UE
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Dear Council of the European Union,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Law on child sexual abuse material'.
The General Secretariat of the Council has decided that it couldn't release 7 documents about ongoing negotiations between Member States on a regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. The General Secretariat agued that making the content public would jeopardize the conclusion on an agreement within the Council.
Given the importance of such a law, it is in the public interest for citizens to be aware of the different Member States' positions. While co-legislators in the European Parliament publicly lay out their positions and amendments, citizens wouldn't be able to understand how a final Council general approach would be concluded.
Moreover, the General Secretariat of the Council argues that third-parties may attempt to influence or exert pressure
on the policy choices. Third-parties routinely meet with different Permanent Representations, as well as officials in the home countries, as part of the democratic debate. Some well-connected third-parties to some of the 27 EU governments will also be more likely to be privy to such key documents while the broader public including citizens and NGOs (including those that are not based in Brussels and have limited resources to attempt to influence EU member states). It is thus again in the public interest to make such documents available to a broader public for the sake of a debate on a major societal problem with wide-reaching consequences, child sexual abuse material online.
I therefore believe it is of public interest that the Council of the European Union disclose such documents.
Yours faithfully,
Clothilde GOUJARD
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Dear Ms Goujard,
Please find attached a letter from the General Secretariat of the Council
extending the time limit for the Council to reply to your confirmatory
application for public access under Regulation 1049/2001.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency
General Secretariat of the Council
Directorate-General Communication and Information - COMM
Directorate Information and Outreach
Information Services Unit / Transparency
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, 175 - B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel - Belgique/België
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Dear Ms Goujard,
On 24 October 2022 the time-limit for replying to your confirmatory
application was extended by 15 working days, until today.
However, the necessary consultations are still ongoing. We have
re-consulted the delegations and are currently awaiting their replies.
We apologise for the delay in replying to your request.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency
General Secretariat of the Council
Directorate-General Communication and Information - COMM
Directorate Information and Outreach
Information Services Unit / Transparency
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, 175 - B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel - Belgique/België
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Dear Ms Goujard,
Please find attached a letter from the General Secretariat of the Council
in reply to your confirmatory application for public access under
Regulation 1049/2001.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency
General Secretariat of the Council
Directorate-General Communication and Information - COMM
Directorate Information and Outreach
Information Services Unit / Transparency
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, 175 - B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel - Belgique/België
[1]www.consilium.europa.eu | [2][email address]
Disclaimer: The views expressed are solely those of the writer and may not
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Clause de non-responsabilité: Les avis exprimés n'engagent que leur auteur
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