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`Under Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, citizens and
`residents of EU countries have a right of access to the documents of the European
`Parliament, the Council and the Commission. Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public
`access to documents from these 3 institutions sets out the general principles governing
`this right of access and the limits to it.
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`How to request access to
`Commission documents
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`To help citizens exercise this right, the Regulation stipulates that all 3 institutions must
`make a register of documents available online.
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`Privacy statement
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`This is why the Commission decided to set up a register that would initially contain a
`number of document types, with a focus on legislative documents: documents with
`references including COM, C et SEC and other types, including agendas and minutes of
`Commission meetings.
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`The register includes only the references of documents produced since 1 January 2001.
`Coverage will gradually be extended to other document types.
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`The register complements EurLex, the database of interinstitutional procedures, which
`enables users to carry out searches for documents produced by the institutions while
`drawing up EU laws.
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`The purpose of the tool is to inform citizens of the existence of the main documents
`produced by the Commission. However, the right of access is clearly not restricted to
`the documents in this register alone. Moreover, the fact that users have access to this
`list of documents does not mean that a request for one of them will necessarily be
`granted. It is possible to refuse access to documents which, if disclosed, could harm
`public or private interests protected under the list of exceptions set out in Article 4 of
`the Regulation.
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`For each document, the register contains:
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`the code or reference number
`the document title in the languages in which it is available
`the date of the document
`the languages in which it is available.
`the department responsible for drafting the document.
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