Observatory on public access to EU documents

The “Observatory” tracks the progress of the new measure to put into effect Article 255 of the Amsterdam Treaty to “enshrine” the citizens' right of access to documents from the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The measure has to be agreed by these three insitutions under the co-decision procedure by May 2001.

The “Observatory” has four sections: (A) the current Decisions on public access to EU documents and the Commission proposal(s) (B) reports from the European Parliament committees (C) proposals by the Council (D) critiques and comments by civil society.