Article 15 Interinstitutional Committee

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Dear European Parliament,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents relating to the Interinstitutional Committee on access to documents mandated by Article 15 of Regulation 1049/2001, which requires that “2. The institutions shall establish an interinstitutional committee to examine best practice, address possible conflicts and discuss future developments on public access to documents.”

By way of background, I have found some early references to this Committee, in particular here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/... where I see it reported that the Committee met in March, April and July 2002. This is confirmed in this document from the European Parliament website: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/c...

I note that the European Ombudsman, in a complaint taken by Access Info Europe relating to the Commission’s use of postal addresses, urged that the Commission discuss this matter in the Interinstitutional Committee, see the Conclusions in this decision from 19 December 2017: https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/decis....

I have found a reference in the European Parliament Rules of Procedure, Article 122, as up dated on 15 January 2021, where it is confirmed that the “Conference of Presidents shall designate Parliament's representatives on the interinstitutional committee established pursuant to Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.” See here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc...

I have not been able to find other relevant documents in searches in the registers of the Council, Commission and Parliament, nor in searching on the internet; if more documents exist they are not easy to locate.

I therefore request copies of all documents in your possession relating to this Interinstitutional Committee from the period of the past 20 years since Regulation 1049/2001 was adopted. Given that it seems there were few meetings, this should not amount to many documents. Should the volume of documents that you hold be voluminous, I would be happy to discuss narrowing the scope of my request to key documents. You can contact me via the AsktheEU.org website or I can provide my telephone number in order to discuss this request.

I note that I am sending an identical request to the Council and the Commission.

Yours faithfully,

Helen
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Helen Darbishire
Executive Director
Access Info Europe

AccesDocs, Parlamento Europeo

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Our reference: A(2021)7032 – acknowledgement of receipt

 

 

Dear Ms Darbishire,

 

 

The European Parliament hereby acknowledges receipt of your application
for public access to documents, which was registered on 1 September 2021.

 

All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with
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.

 

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with
regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions,
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

 

The European Parliament reserves the right to ask for additional
information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Parliament’s implementing
measures.

 

Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application
via the AsktheEU.org website, which is a private website not officially
related to the European Parliament. Therefore, the European Parliament
cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to
the use of this system.

 

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Kind regards,

 

 

 

[1]cid:image001.png@01D58B31.E2CF1C20 TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional
Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[2][email address]
[3]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb

 

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AccesDocs, Parlamento Europeo

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Our reference: A(2021)7032 – response

 

 

Dear Ms Darbishire,

 

Following your application for public access to documents of the
interinstitutional committee on public access to documents, Parliament has
identified a number of documents which can be accessed on the Public
Register of Documents [1]here.

 

You may also find information on the planned development of rules
regarding public access to documents [2]here and [3]here.

 

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,

 

 

 

[4]cid:image001.png@01D58B31.E2CF1C20 TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional
Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[5][email address]
[6]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb

 

 

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5. mailto:[email address]
6. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb