Colleagues may like to be reminded that Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents comes into force on 3 December 2001. For its part, the Council has consolidated its existing rules relating to public access to documents, and incorporated them as an annex to its Rules of Procedure, by means of Council Decision 2001/840/EC of 29 November 2001 (OJ L 313, 30.11.2001, p.40): http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2001/l_313/l_31320011130en00400043.pdf Regards Chris Lamb Documentation Officer Technical Assistance Office Euro Info Centre Network rue Belliard 65 B-1040 Bruxelles Tel: +32 2 287 1553 Fax: +32 2 230 0520 Email: [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp