Access to documents
Amendment details· last amended 28 Dec 2020
Last amended 28 Dec 2020 by Regulation (EU) 2019/877 of 20 May 2019.
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (opens EUR-Lex in a new tab) of the European Parliament and of the Council ((22)) shall apply to documents held by the Board.
The Board shall, within six months of the date of its first meeting, adopt the practical measures for applying Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (opens EUR-Lex in a new tab).
Decisions taken by the Board under Article 8 (opens EUR-Lex in a new tab) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (opens EUR-Lex in a new tab) may be the subject of a complaint to the European Ombudsman or of proceedings before the Court of Justice, following an appeal to the Appeal Panel, referred to in Article 85 of this Regulation, as appropriate, under the conditions laid down in Articles 228 and 263 TFEU respectively.
Persons who are the subject of the Board's decisions shall be entitled to have access to the Board's file, subject to the legitimate interest of other persons in the protection of their business secrets. The right of access to the file shall not extend to confidential information or internal preparatory documents of the Board.