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

European Parliament procedure 2022/2015(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFCO / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 183 committee amendments tabled by 23 Members between 2023-02-03 and 2023-02-14.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tineke STRIK | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197772.md |
| Cornelia ERNST | Germany | GUE/NGL | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96852.md |
| Andrzej HALICKI | Poland | PPE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197514.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |
| Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ | Slovakia | RE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197766.md |
| Jana TOOM | Estonia | RE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124700.md |
| Victor NEGRESCU | Romania | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/88882.md |
| Daniel FREUND | Germany | Verts/ALE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/106936.md |
| Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI | Finland | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124735.md |
| Włodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ | Poland | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197507.md |
| Domènec RUIZ DEVESA | Spain | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/127096.md |
| Pascal DURAND | France | S&D | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124693.md |
| Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA | Spain | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125038.md |
| Sandro GOZI | France | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204419.md |
| Max ORVILLE | France | RE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/234344.md |

## Official source documents

- PE735.468: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-735468_EN.pdf
- PE742.494: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-742494_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2022-2015-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2022-2015-INI.json

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