EP ECBA Legal opinion

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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 which contain the following information:

European Parliament's Legal Service Opinion on the proposal for a Directive on European Cross-Border Associations (ECBAs), which was presented at the JURI Committee hearing on the 4th November 2025.

Yours faithfully,

Matteo Vespa

European Parliament

Our reference: 2025-0576

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European Parliament

Our reference: 2025-0576

Dear Mr Vespa,

Thank you for contacting the Transparency Unit of the European Parliament.

Further to your application under [1]Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 requesting public access to the European Parliament's Legal
Service Opinion on the proposal for a Directive on European cross-border
associations, which was presented at the JURI Committee hearing on
4.11.2025, we would like to inform you that the requested document has
been made publicly available on Parliament's Public Register of Documents,
under reference [2]EP-PE_AVS(2025)0576, after redaction of marginal
personal data. The document is directly accessible through [3]this link.

On this basis, Parliament considers your application handled and the
procedure closed.

Please do not hesitate to [4]submit a new request, should you identify
specific Parliament documents for which you would like to request public
access.

TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[5][European Parliament request email]
[6]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb

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