Transparency Regulation
Non-Confidential version of the Decision Contents: Transparency Regulation
It is desirable that the non-confidential version of a decision can be used to reply to a request for access to documents under Regulation 1049/2001.
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This Regulation allows any person access to all Commission documents without having to state specific reasons. Such access may only be refused under the specific exceptions provided by the Regulation. These include inter alia the protection of commercial interests and the protection of the purpose of inspections and investigations. While there is a certain overlap with the abovementioned reasons for redaction of information from a non-confidential version, case teams should be mindful that there are certain differences between the exceptions under Article 4 of Regulation 1049/2001 and the ones listed above.
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For reasons of administrative efficiency, the non-confidential versions of Commission decisions should therefore be prepared with possible access requests in mind. Should a request under Regulation 1049/2001 exceptionally lead to the release of information that was not in the public version of the decision, an adapted public version should be published on the internet.
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References
- Information about Transparency Regulation in the Antitrust Manual of Procedures for the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (Internal DG Competition)
Further Reading
- Information about Transparency Regulation in EU Competition Procedure, 3rd. Edition, Edited by Luis Ortiz Blanco (Oxford University Press)
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