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Public access to documents - annual report for the years 2019-2021

2022/2015(INI)·9th term·AFCO / LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Public access to information and documents, administrative practice
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): INCIR Evin (S&D)
Summary

This annual report concerns public access to documents for 2019-2021. The amendments stress transparency as a precondition for citizens' trust, the obligation under Article 15(3) TFEU and Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, providing documents in open machine-readable formats and all EU languages, the Council's refusals to grant access to its decision-making documents, and compliance with Court of Justice judgments on legislative and trilogue documents.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    3 Feb 2023 – 14 Feb 2023
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    13 Jul 2023 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  3. Procedure completed
183
Amendments
distinct, in window
23
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
3 Feb 2023 – 14 Feb 2023
Dates

Plenary votes

10 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 7 earlier votes
    1. 13 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 5 — text to be inserted after paragraph 1
      Official label: Après le § 1 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
      122 for422 against5 abstentions156 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    2. 13 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 6
      Official label: § 6 · what was voted ↗
      549 for2 against3 abstentions151 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    3. 13 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 18 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 18/1 · what was voted ↗
      414 for47 against90 abstentions154 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    4. 13 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 18 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 18/2 · what was voted ↗
      394 for105 against42 abstentions164 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    5. 13 Jul 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 21
      Official label: § 21 · what was voted ↗
      533 for3 against10 abstentions159 did not vote
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      Abst.

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    6. 13 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1 — text to be inserted after recital G
      Official label: Après le considérant G - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      124 for420 against2 abstentions159 did not vote
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    7. 13 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2 — text to be inserted after recital M
      Official label: Après le considérant M - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      156 for377 against10 abstentions162 did not vote
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  2. 13 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 3 — text to be inserted after recital M
    Official label: Après le considérant M - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
    225 for321 against1 abstentions158 did not vote
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  3. 13 Jul 2023Failedoutcome from totals
    On amendment 4 — text to be inserted after recital M
    Official label: Après le considérant M - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
    164 for379 against4 abstentions158 did not vote
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  4. 13 Jul 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
    Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
    481 for9 against3 abstentions212 did not vote
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    Against
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE735.468 ↗PE742.494 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

23 Members · by amendment count
1🇳🇱
Tineke STRIK
Greens / EFA · Netherlands
37(37 solo)
2🇩🇪
Cornelia ERNST
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany
21(21 solo)
3🇵🇱
Andrzej HALICKI
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
21(21 solo)
4🇳🇱
Sophia IN 'T VELD
Renew Europe · Netherlands
18
5🇸🇰
Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ
Renew Europe · Slovakia
18
6🇪🇪
Jana TOOM
Renew Europe · Estonia
18
7🇷🇴
Victor NEGRESCU
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
15(4 solo)
8🇩🇪
Daniel FREUND
Greens / EFA · Germany
12(12 solo)
9🇫🇮
Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI
Socialists & Democrats · Finland
11
10🇵🇱
Włodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ
Socialists & Democrats · Poland
11
11🇪🇸
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
11
12🇫🇷
Pascal DURAND
Socialists & Democrats · France
11
13🇪🇸
Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA
Renew Europe · Spain
11
14🇫🇷
Sandro GOZI
Renew Europe · France
11
15🇫🇷
Max ORVILLE
Renew Europe · France
11
16🇫🇷
Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ
European People's Party (EPP) · France
9(9 solo)
17🇷🇴
Maria GRAPINI
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
9(9 solo)
18🇸🇪
Evin INCIR
Socialists & Democrats · Sweden
8(8 solo)
19🇷🇴
Cristian TERHEŞ
European Conservatives & Reformists · Romania
6(6 solo)
20🇩🇪
Helmut SCHOLZ
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany
5(5 solo)
21🇵🇱
Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
4(4 solo)
22🇵🇹
Isabel SANTOS
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
4(4 solo)
23🇵🇱
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
2(2 solo)

The amendments, in full text

183 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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