Consultation on access to documents

The Commission are currently undertaking a consultation on access to documents with a view to reviewing rules and procedures. This is an opportunity to express our views which we, as informational professionals, should take advantage of. Have you had experiences of difficulty getting hold of an EU document? Have you found one or more of the document registers unsatisfactory? Should there be one single register rather than one for each institution? I would urge EUDUG members to read the consultation document and think about submitting a response. It may also be appropriate for EUDUG to submit a response on behalf of members, so please do share your views with us.

The consultaion document is COM (2007) 185 and the consultation period runs until mid-July.

Treaties database

A new database created by the Commission provides summaries and full texts of all bilateral and multilateral treaties or agreements concluded by the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the former European Coal and Steel Community, plus those concluded under the Treaty on European Union. Agreements signed but not yet in force are included.
Treaties Office Database

This post submitted with thanks to the Europan Information Association (www.eia.org.uk)

Update for ‘SCADPlus’

The main menu of the ‘Summaries of Legislation’ pages - previously known as SCADPlus - has been given a makeover. The new menu offers summaries of legislation across 32 main sections, plus two highlighted ‘Key document’ topics - ‘Climate Change’ and ‘Growth and Jobs’ (note that the substantive content of the pages does not appear to have been updated).

Summaries of Legislation website

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