Brussels, 16/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The parliamentary committee on citizens' freedoms and rights adopted the report by British Labour member Michael Cashman, who took stock of the situation regarding access to documents after one year's full application of Regulation 1049. The report notes progress but also stresses the failings. The Council has an 89.1% rate of access to documents, the Commission 68% and the European Parliament 98.7%, the report states, mainly regretting that: (1) the documents made public by the Council do not allow for national positions to be identified whereas this element of information is essential to the understanding of the decision-making process and to the legitimate right of citizens to know the exact role of their government; (2) the Commission does not give access to preparatory acts for the measures of application that it adopts; and (3) the European Convention does not feel bound by Regulation 1049.