Strasbourg, 23/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - European Ombudsman Jacob Söderman has acknowledged that the European Commission can refuse public access to the briefing notes of its delegations concerning two meetings of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue. This position follows a draft recommendation issued by the Ombudsman asking the Commission to reconsider its refusal, based on the new rules on access to documents that came into force in December 2001 (Regulation 1049/2001). According to the...