The Community’s general policy of openness must override a Community regulation which imposed severe secrecy restrictions. A regulation was used as a basis to refuse to give to a litigant in England information about relevant mission reports of the EU concerning trade. The general principle was set down with certain exceptions, and could not be set aside for this purpose. In any event the regulation under which access had been refused did not apply to this situation.
Citations:
Times 18-Oct-2000, T-123/99
European, Administrative
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.82642
