Legislative Prepatory documents as debated in trilogues meetings (from March 17th to March 30th)
Dear European Parliament
Under the art 15.2 TFEU dealing with Legislative Transparency and art. 15.3 of the same Treaty framing the right of access to documents (art 42 of the EU Charter) and implemented by Regulation 1049/2001 and the related jurisprudence (case T-540-15) I am hereby requesting
1 - the dates and the Agendas of the "Technical" and "Political" Trilogue meetings which took place between March 17th until March 30th, 2023.
2 - the TEXTS OF THE LEGISLATIVE PREPARATORY DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED OR DEBATED AT THESE MEETINGS. As foreseen by art.10.3 Regulation 1049/01 an electronic version would be highly appreciated.
May I take this occasion to stress that, according to art. 15.2 TFEU and art. 12 of Regulation 1049/01 documents of legislative nature should be made directly accessible on the EP Register of documents (unless a specific exception has to be applied at the moment of the creation of the legislative preparatory document).
It seems to me self evident that the scope of the Institution's obligation of being transparent when acting as legislator as foreseen by art. 15.2 of the TFEU is a self standing one and should not depend from a Citizen' request of access to documents.
In the same perspective see also several EP plenary Resolutions (*)
Thanks in advance
Yours faithfully,
Emilio De Capitani
11 rue Darwin
1190 Bruxelles
(*) See notably point 28 of March 11st 2014 EP Resolution on accces ro documents "Calls on the Commission, the Council and Parliament to ensure the greater transparency of informal trilogues, by holding the meetings in public, publishing documentation including calendars, agendas, minutes, documents examined, amendments, decisions taken, information on Member State delegations and their positions and minutes, in a standardised and easy accessible online environment, by default and without prejudice to the exemptions listed in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001;"
Our reference: 2023-2509
Dear Mr De Capitani Emilio,
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TRANSPARENCY UNIT
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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 Mar 30,
2023, expires on Apr 25, 2023.
However, considering the number of files concerned by your application and
your concurrent application for similar documents, given the total time
period covered and the need to establish an overview of the meetings
concerned by your request, our consultations have been taking more time
than normally, so that 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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Dear Mr De Capitani,
In light of your application for public access to documents, 64 documents
identified and contained in the attached Annex are being made publicly
available on Parliament's Public Register (Document type 1.4.17). Please
note that, for technical reasons and due to [1]Parliament's office closing
days, it may take some time for all documents to appear on the website of
the Register.
For a few additional documents, the assessment is ongoing and you will
receive a reply with further information as soon as possible.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
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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Dear Mr De Capitani,
This message follows up to our partial response of 17 May 2023, in which
you were informed that the assessment on some further identified documents
was still ongoing.
The evaluation on the 17 further identified documents has now been
concluded (please see Annex.1 in attachment). As a result, all documents
identified under your request no. 2023-2509 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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