In unclear cases the Member States should consult the EU institution concerned when a country receives a request to provide a document from an EU institution. The EU institutions will be obliged to establish a public register, in principle of all official documents. The institutions are also to publish electronic versions of documents on the Internet to make the information readily accessible. A rule is also being introduced obliging the institutions to mask off documents. This means that all unclassified sections of a document must be made available.
Applications are to be administered promptly.