Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/0090(COD)
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Amendments (11)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The second subparagraph of Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union enshrines the concept of openness, stating that the Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen. Where applicable, the best available resources should be used to put the principle of openness into practice, thereby achieving greater legitimacy, effectiveness, and accountability to the citizen, while respecting fundamental rights, democracy and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to all documents held by an institution, namely, documents drawn up or received by it and in its possession concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities, investigations and decisions falling within its sphere of responsibility, in all areas of activity of the European Union.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to Articles 4 and 9, documents shall be made accessible to the public either following a written application or directly in electronic form or through a register. In particular, documents drawn up or received in the course of a legislative procedure shall be made directly accessible in accordance with Article 12. The various application forms shall be identical for all bodies covered by this Regulation and shall be duly translated into all the official languages of the EU.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 5
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. This Regulation shall not apply to documents submitted to Ccourts by parties other than the institutions, until the investigation has been closed.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 7
Article 2 – paragraph 7
7. This Regulation shall be without prejudice to rights of broader public access to documents held by the institutions which might follow from instruments of international law or acts of the institutions implementing them.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Where an application concerns a document originating from a Member State, other than documents transmitted in the framework of procedures leading to a legislative act or a non-legislative act of general application, or a document containing information submitted to the Commission, the authorities of that Member State shall be consulted. The institution holding the document shall disclose it unless the Member State gives reasons for withholding it, based on the exceptions referred to in Article 4 or on specific provisions in its own legislation preventing disclosure of the document concerned. The institution shall appreciate the adequacy of such reasons given by the Member State insofar as, especially when they are based on exceptions laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Documents drawn up or received in the course of procedures for the adoption of EU legislative acts or non-legislative acts of general application shall, subject to Articles 4 and 9, be made directly accessible to the publicThe institutions shall as far as possible make documents directly accessible to the public in electronic form or through a register in accordance with the rules of the institution concerned.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. At the latest by .. .. ...., the Commission shall publish a report on the implementation of this Regulation and shall make recommendations, including, if appropriate, any proposals for the revision of this Regulation which are necessitated by changes in the current situation and an action programme of measures to be taken by the institutions.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where possible, other documents, notably documents relating to the development of policy or strategy, shallIn particular, documents drawn up or received in the course of procedures for the adoption of EU legislative acts or non- legislative acts of general application shall, subject to Articles 4 and 9, be made directly accessible in electronic formto the public.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. EachThe institutions shall define in its rules of procedure which other categories of documents are directly accessible to the publicestablish a common interface for their registers of documents, and shall in particular ensure a single point of access for direct access to documents drawn up or received in the course of procedures for the adoption of EU legislative acts or non-legislative acts of general application.