Lobby Transparency Obligations
Dear European Parliament,
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:
Any document, currently in force, regulating the relation between MEPs, including its staff members, and lobbyists (including any internal regulations, guidelines, policies, recommendations, or others). And any information related to publication clauses related to this matter. If there are any policies applying to the political parliamentary groups and its staff working inside the EP, that's also in the scope of this request.
Yours faithfully,
Marta Morcuende
Access Info Europe
Our reference: A(2021)9774
Dear Ms Morcuende,
The European Parliament hereby acknowledges the receipt of your
application for public access to documents, which was registered on
16/11/2021.
All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
In accordance with the above-mentioned Regulation, your application will
be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.
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The European Parliament reserves the right to ask for additional
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Kind regards
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European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional
Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[4][email address]
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Our reference: A(2021)9774/MM/en
Dear Ms Morcuende,
With this email, we are replying to your application for public access to
any document, currently in force, regulating the relation between MEPs,
including its staff members, and lobbyists (including any internal
regulations, guidelines, policies, recommendations, or others). And any
information related to publication clauses related to this matter.
Parliament handles applications for public access to documents in line
with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 laying down the terms and conditions for
public access to the documents of Parliament, Council and Commission, and
Parliament's implementing rules.
With regards to your request, Parliament has identified the following
documents:
- [1]Parliament's Rules of Procedure, in particular Rule 11 (2)
and (3) on MEPs' financial interests and Transparency Register, Rule 35 on
intergroups, Rule 123 on access to Parliament premises
- [2]Bureau Decision on legislative footprint (pp. 15 – 19)
- [3]Appropriate behaviour rules regarding meetings of staff of
the Union institutions with registered interest representatives
- [4]Code of Conduct for interest representatives
- [5]Bureau Decision on public hearings
- [6]Bureau Decision of 4 July 2016 on co-organising events with
political Groups on Parliament premises and notifications on the
activities of Parliament's Committees via the Register
On this basis Parliament considers your request handled and the file
closed. Please do not hesitate to submit a new request should you identify
specific Parliament documents for which you would like to request public
access.
Kind regards,
[7]cid:image001.png@01D58B31.E2CF1C20 TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional
Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[8][email address]
[9]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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3. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your-s...
4. https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregiste...
5. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/p...
6. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/o...
8. mailto:[email address]
9. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb