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Council adopts decision to facilitate access to certain documents on Internet and internal rules for ensuring confidentiality - Article 255 deadline most difficult to keep

Brussels, 20/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the General Affairs Council adopted a decision aimed at facilitating access to certain documents through electronic means. The decision, to take effect on 1 May, provides for certain non-classified documents to be accessible to the public via the Council's Internet website. These documents are: - those not authored by the Council or a Member State, which have been made public by their author or with his agreement; - provisional agendas of...