Agendas and EU legislative preparatory documents debated in Trilogues meetings from March 31st until May 12th
(NB: an identical request has been submitted to the Council of the European Union)
Suject : access to Agendas and EU legislative preparatory documents debated in Trilogues meetings from March 31st until May 12th
Dear European Parliament and Council of the European Union
According to news agencies several legislative Trilogues meetings took places between March 31st and May 12th, 2023; however, no official information has yet been published by the co-legislator, notwithstanding the provisions of art. 15.2 of TFEU, art. 12 of Regulation 1049/01 and the relevant CJEU Jurisprudence (notably, Case T-540/15).
Bearing in mind that participative democracy, as promoted by the EU Treaties, is meaningful only if legislative preparatory documents are accessible in a timely manner (see Case T-163/21) and that according to art.15 of Regulation 1049/01 “The institutions shall develop good administrative practices in order to facilitate the exercise of the right of access..” I therefore kindly ask to release as soon as possible, in the public domain, the meeting agendas and the legislative preparatory documents debated in Trilogues legislative meetings from March 31st until May 12th
Thanks in advance
Emilio De Capitani
11 rue Darwin
1190 Brussels
Our reference: 2023-2743
Dear Mr De Capitani,
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European Parliament
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Our reference: 2023-2743
Dear Mr De Capitani,
The time limit for responding to your application for public access to
documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, as registered on May 15,
2023, expires on Jun 8, 2023.
However, due to the number of files concerned by your application, the
time period covered and the need to establish a complete overview of the
meetings concerned by your request, Parliament must exceptionally extend
the time limit provided by Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 by
a further 15 working days in accordance with Article 7(3) of that
Regulation in order to reply to your application.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. We thank you for your
understanding.
Best regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
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Our reference: 2023-2743
Dear Mr De Capitani,
In light of your application for public access to documents, Parliament
has identified 74 documents (see Annex).
Documents No 1 to 22 and No 25 to 75 are being made publicly available on
Parliament's Public Register (Document type 1.4.17). Please note that, for
technical reasons, it may take some time for all documents to appear on
the website of the Register.
For documents No 23 and 24, the assessment is ongoing and you will receive
a response as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[1][European Parliament request email]
[2]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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Our reference: 2023-2743
Dear Mr De Capitani,
This message follows up to our partial response of 27 June 2023, in which
you were informed that the assessment on the identified documents No 23
and 24 was still ongoing.
The evaluation on the said identified documents has now been concluded
(please see Annex in attachment). As a result, all documents identified
under your request no. 2023-2743 are being made publicly available on
Parliament's Public Register (Document type 1.4.17). Please note that, for
technical reasons, it may take some time for all documents to appear on
the website of the Register.
On this basis, Parliament considers your application handled and the
procedure closed. Should you wish to submit any new requests for specific
Parliament documents, [1]please do not hesitate to come back to us.
Kind regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[2][European Parliament request email]
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Emilio left an annotation ()
Received most of the information but still awaiting the remaining documents. Let's wait the Council reaction