Ministry of Justice of Finland organised together with the Parliament of Finland a seminar on the reform of Regulation 1049/2001 on access to EU documents. The seminar was held on 11 December 2008 in Brussels, in the premises of the Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU.

The contributions of the seminar as pdf-documents:

Chairperson’s Report from the Seminar by Heidi Hautala

Welcome by Astrid Thors

Increasing the involvement of citizens in EU decision-making by Marc Maes

How has Regulation 1049/2001 affected work in the Council by Dr. Hans Brunmayr

Comment by MEP Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Speech by Dr. Cecilia Malmström

Protection of legal advice after Turco by Onno Brouwer

Seeking a balanced approach: public access and data protection by Peter Hustinx

Concluding remarks by Jacob Söderman

Links:
Proposals for greater openness, transparency and democracy in the EU by Steve Peers (pdf)
Access to EU documents: When is a "document" not a "document"? by Tony Bunyan (pdf)
Public access to information in EU databases by the European Ombudsman (pdf)
Draft opinion of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs regarding access to documents (pdf)
Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor regarding access to documents (pdf)

Updated 17 December 2008