TRAINING ON TRANSPARENCY, ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
AND THE ARCHIVES
(4 May 2012)
PART I: TRANSPARENCY
• What is Transparency
• Transparency in the Treaties
• Transparency in the Council Rules of Procedure
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Fiches de vote
PART II: ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS - KEY PLAYERS
• The Courts
• The European Ombudsman
• The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
• NGOs and other players in the debate on transparency and access to documents
PART III: ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS - REGULATION 1049/2001
• Main Elements of Regulation 1049/2001
− Institutional coverage
− Material scope
− Beneficiaries
− Transparency principles
• Implementing Regulation 1049/2001
− Introducing initial requests
− Processing initial requests
− Examination of documents: The "harm test"
− Processing confirmatory requests
− Deadlines for replying
PART IV: HOW DOES TRANSPARENCY AFFECT YOUR DAILY WORK?
• Definition of document under Regulation 1049/2010
• The Council's public register
• Ensuring traceability of Council documents
• The use of LIMITE
v. Public upon circulation
• Legislative Transparency
PART V: CENTRAL ARCHIVES
• History of the Central archives
• Mission and organisation of the Central archives
• Search engine: C.A.S.E.
PART VI: CONCLUSIONS
• Concluding remarks: Best Practices
• The role and structure of DG F 2
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TRAINING ON TRANSPARENCY, ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
AND THE ARCHIVES
ANNEXES:
• Questionnaire
• "Harm test" exercise
• "LIMITE" exercise
• Article 15 TFEU
• Regulation 1049/2001
• Description of Procedures for Access to documents (Initial and Confirmatory Applications)
• CP 200/08: Production and distribution of documents
• Doc. 10425/03 (requests for access to documents concerning draft legislative acts)
• CP 41/11: Legislative transparency
• DG F 2 Transparency Information Sheets:
− on when to include an item in the legislative deliberations' part of the provisional
Council Agenda
− on drafting speaking notes on the adoption of items under legislative deliberations
• Example of a "fiche de vote"
• Handout of the Power Point Presentation
• One-page summary of DG F 2
• European Council and Council rules of procedure
• Annual Report on Access to documents
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