Council Annual report on access to documents – 2004

The report, adopted by the Council in May 2005, presents the regulatory, administrative and
practical adjustments made by the Council to ensure compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. It also gives information on the Council's public register of documents as well as statistics on public access to documents. In addition, the report highlights the key developments in the third year of implementation of the Regulation and reviews complaints submitted to the European Ombudsman, rulings given by the Community Courts in 2004 and early 2005 under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 as well as cases brought before the Court of First Instance regarding access to Council documents. Additional information (and previous reports) on access to Council documents and on other transparency issues can be found on the Internet website {http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm}, under
"Transparency".

European Commission: COM (2005)348 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0348en01.pdf

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