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[EFIL] Council documents on the Internet

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>From http://www.eu2001.se: 

The Council of the European Union took a decision today to the effect that as of 1 May this year certain categories of Council documents will be automatically published on the Internet. This chiefly refers to documents pertaining to legislative matters but also includes agendas and reports, etc. The decision covers a very large number of documents that will be directly available to the general public. "Today's decision is one of the first steps towards a more transparent and accessible European Union. The fact that EU documents are made available to the general public in this way can increase the Union's democratic legitimacy in the long term," the Minister for Democratic Issues, Ms Britta Lejon, said in a comment. The proposal for today's decision was presented by the Swedish Presidency in January. It was well received by the other Member States and the decision was adopted by a unanimous Council. The aim of the decision is to increase openness in the European Union and to give citizens an opportunity to rapidly and readily acquaint themselves with documents at the Council. Under earlier provisions, a citizen who wished to study a Council document was required to submit a request in writing to the Council which then took a decision in the matter. This relatively time-consuming procedure will not now be applied for the categories of document covered by the decision. The major difference, compared with the situation today, is that the documents will be directly available on the Internet.

Contact information: Magnus Ljungkvist Press Secretary 08-405 49 42 070-543 20 51 Anders J Ericson Press Counsellor 02 289 5655

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