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Council Decision 93/731/EC on public access to Council documents (20 December 1993)
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Council Decision 93/731/EC on public access to Council documents (20 December 1993)

Decision of the Council of the European Union of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents.

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Title Council Decision 93/731/EC on public access to Council documents (20 December 1993)
Document type Text
Source Council Decision of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents (93/731/EC), in Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC). 31.12.1993, No L 340, p. 43.
Keywords access to Community information, Council of the European Union, transparency in decision-making
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Caption Decision of the Council of the European Union of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents.
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Document extract Council Decision of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents (93/731/EC) THE COUNCIL, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 151(3) thereof, Having regard to its Rules of Procedure, and in particular Article 22 thereof, Whereas on 6 December 1993 the Council and the Commission approved a code of conduct concerning public access to Council and Commission documents, reaching common agreement on the principles which must govern such access; Whereas provisions should be adopted for the implementation of those principles by the Council; Whereas these provisions are applicable to any document held by the Council, whatever its medium, excluding documents written by a person, body or institution outside the Council; Whereas the principle of allowing the public wide access to Council documents, as part of greater transparency in the Council's work, must however be subject to exceptions, particularly as regards protection of the public interest, the individual and privacy; Whereas, in the interests of rationalization and efficiency, the Secretary-General of the Council should sign on behalf of the Council and on its authorization replies to applications for access to documents, except in cases where the Council is called upon to reply t (...) Read more in ENA
See also Openness and Transparency in the Council (2006)
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