CELEX: 31996D0314(02)
Language: en
Date: 1996-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Secretary-General of the Council of 27 February 1996 relating to fees in the context of public access to Council documents

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31996D0314(02)

Decision of the Secretary-General of the Council of 27 February 1996 relating to fees in the context of public access to Council documents  

Official Journal C 074 , 14/03/1996 P. 0003 - 0003

DECISION OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL of 27 February 1996 relating to fees in the context of public access to Council documents (96/C 74/02)THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to Council Decision 93/731/EC of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents, and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,Whereas applicants may have access to a Council document either by consulting it on the spot or by having a copy sent at their expense;Whereas a fee should be set for copies of documents requested in the context of public access to Council documents, in order to cover administrative costs,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1 In the context of the Council Decision of 20 December 1993 on public access to Council documents, a fee of ECU 10 plus ECU 0,036 per sheet of paper shall be charged by the General Secretariat of the Council for copies of printed documents exceeding 30 pages. Charges for information in other formats shall be set on a case-by-case basis but shall not exceed what is reasonable.Article 2 This Decision shall take effect one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply only to requests for public access to Council documents received after that date.Done at Brussels, 27 February 1996.Juergen TRUMPFSecretary-General of the Council of the European Union