Transparency – Council Decision 93/731/EC on public access to Council documents – Refusal of an application for access – Protection of the public interest – International relations – Obligation to state reasons – Partial access. Citations: T-188/98, [2000] EUECJ T-188/98 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: European European Updated: 06 June 2022; Ref: scu.173589
An applicant sought access to documents of the Council of the European Union relating to asylum. The decision of the Council to refuse access to the documents was on the grounds that the material was politically sensitive, and disclosure would be against the public interest. The council failed however to consider the status of the … Continue reading Kuijer v Council of the European Union Case T-188/98: ECJ 14 Apr 2000
Europa The aim pursued by Decision 93/731 on public access to Council documents, as well as being to ensure the internal operation of the Council in conformity with the interests of good administration, is to provide the public with the widest possible access to documents held by the Council, so that any exception to that … Continue reading Council v Hautala and others: ECJ 6 Dec 2001
Europa Appeal – Access to documents – Decisions 93/731/EC and 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom – Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in the field of international relations – Partial access.It was not proper for the Commission to evade an obligation to disclose documentation to an enquirer on the basis that they were entitled … Continue reading Olli Mattila v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities: ECJ 22 Jan 2004
