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I ask you that many time, so please unsusbcribe... > -----Message d'origine----- > De : statewatch-news@statewatch.pipal.net > [mailto:statewatch-news@statewatch.pipal.net] > Envoye : lundi 14 janvier 2002 16:12 > A : Statewatch mailing list; Statewatch mailing list; Statewatch mailing > list > Cc : nettime-l@bbs.thing.net > Objet : News from Statewatch > > > Statewatch, 14 September 2002 > > 1. US government vetoes Statewatch request for access to EU-US > agendas > 2. All refugees and asylum-seekers to be vetted under new EU > terrorism policy > 3. New EU Regulation on access to documents - first assessment > > US GOVERNMENT VETOES STATEWATCH REQUEST FOR > ACCESS TO EU-US AGENDAS > > - Council of European Union says it has no choice but to back US > veto > - Refusal of access follows two successful complaints to the > European Ombudsman > - Decision would exclude from access any document on > international policy vetoed by third parties > > The US government has vetoed a request by Statewatch to the > Council of the European Union (the 15 EU governments) for access > to copies of the agendas of the "Senior Level Group" and the "EU- > US Task Force". The Council has says it has no option but to deny > access. The agendas cover a wide range of global issues including > policing and immigration, trade and aid. > > Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor comments: > > "This decision confirms our worst fears on the implementation of > the new Regulation on public access to EU documents, namely > that third states or organisations will have an absolute right to veto > access by EU citizens to documents which third parties have > authored, or co-authored, and which are the basis of, or an > influence on, EU decision-making. > > If this decision stands it will remove whole swathes of documents > from public scrutiny on all aspects of international policy making > and practice and yet again undermine democratic standards and > accountability. We have lodged an appeal against the Council's > decision and will, if necessary, take the issue to the European > Ombudsman or the Court of Justice." > > In July last year - after a four year fight and two successful > complaints to the European Ombudsman - Statewatch finally > obtained the agendas of ten EU-US high-level planning meetings > between September 1996 and February 1998. The agendas > concern meetings of the "Senior Level Group" and the "EU-US > Task Force" set up under the New Transatlantic Agenda agreed in > 1995. > > The full report is on: > <http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jan/03usveto.htm> > > NOTE: Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, will be attending a press > conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg at 5pm on > Monday 14 September on the subject of EU openness > > > ALL REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO BE VETTED > UNDER NEW EU TERRORISM POLICY > > Statewatch has published a report on four new policies adopted by > the Council of the European Union on 27 December by "written > procedure". The two of the measures adopted are Common > Positions (under Articles 15 and 34 of the Treaty on European > Union). > > The effect of the "Common Position on combating terrorism" is that > it will be binding on EU member states to vet all refugees and > asylum-seekers to ensure that they have not facilitated or > participated in terrorist acts. > > The Common Position also widens the definition of terrorism to > include "any form of support, active or passive". > > EU policies agreed as Common Positions are not referred to the > European Parliament for its opinion and their validity and effect > cannot be challenged in the European Court of Justice. > > The full report is on: > <http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jan/02euter.htm> > > > NEW EU REGULATION ON ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS - FIRST > ASSESSMENT > > - the first major problem is going to be what will, and what will not, > be on the public registers of documents > - the second will be the exclusion of "internal documents" > - the third will be the right of "third parties" (like the US) to veto > access to EU documents > > The new Regulation (1049/2001) on public access to EU > documents came into effect on Monday 3 December 2001. The > position and practice of the Council of the European Union is pretty > clear. Its internal rules of procedure follow almost exactly the terms > of the new Regulation. The Council also has had a public register of > documents on the internet since January 1999. > > The positions of the European Commission and the European > Parliament are less clear especially as neither has a public register > of documents. Both are obliged to make available a public register > by June 2002. > > The full report is on: > <http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jan/04access.htm> > > To have your address removed from this list please let us know by > e-mailing us at <office@statewatch.org> > > ______________________________________________________________________________ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold