Failure to grant full access to documents
Summary of decision on complaint 1294/2009/(TN)DK against the European Commission
In February 2009, in accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, the complainant applied to the Commission for public access to a report on the impact assessment of a proposal for a Council Regulation (‘the Report’). In March 2009, the Commission gave partial access to the annexes of the Report, while refusing access to the Report itself on the ground that disclosure would undermine its decision-making process.
The complainant turned to the Ombudsman to complain about the Commission’s failure to gra
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