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> De : statewatch-news@statewatch.pipal.net
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> Envoye : lundi 14 janvier 2002 16:12
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> Objet : News from Statewatch
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> 
> 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>
> 
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