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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2385/96 by Jens-Peter BONDE to the Council. Confidential statements
Date: 1996-08-30
Institutions: BONDE, European Parliament
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU act, European Parliament, access to EU information, code of conduct, exchange of information, public conduct of debates













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91996E2385

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2385/96 by Jens-Peter BONDE to the Council. Confidential statements  


Official Journal C 072 , 07/03/1997 P. 0038 





WRITTEN QUESTION P-2385/96 by Jens-Peter Bonde (I-EDN) to the Council (30 August 1996)Subject: Confidential statementsHow many confidential statements have been adopted by the Council in its role as legislator and otherwise since conclusion of the agreement limiting secret statements?Answer (13 December 1996)Under the Code of Conduct on public access to the minutes and statements in the minutes of the Council acting as legislator, to which the Honourable Member refers, the Council agreed to use statements in the minutes sparingly, it being understood that this instrument must continue to contribute to the efficiency of the decision-making process.Between 2 October 1995 - the date on which the Code of Conduct was adopted - and 30 September 1996, the Council definitively adopted 208 legislative acts, which were the subject of a total of 385 statements in the minutes. 382 statements were made available to the public and accordingly communicated to the European Parliament.There have therefore been only three statements made at the time of adoption of legislative texts which have not been made available to the public under the Code of Conduct. However, the statements in question - all three concerning the OECD Agreement on shipbuilding - do not relate to legislative acts per se but the conclusion of an international agreement.The Council is unable to provide statistics regarding the adoption of statements in its minutes when it is not acting as legislator, since no figures are kept for these.