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1 RAT DER EUROPÄISCHEN UNION Brüssel, den 3. April 2009 (06.04) (OR. en) 7710/09 INF 57 API 31 JUR 147 I/A-PUNKT-VERMERK der Gruppe "Information" für den AStV (2. Teil)/Rat Nr. Vordokument: 7708/09 Betr.: Zugang der Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten Zweitantrag Nr. 06/c/01/09 Die Delegationen erhalten in der Anlage den Entwurf einer Antwort des Rates auf den Zweitantrag Nr. 06/c/01/09, wie er sich aus der Prüfung durch die Gruppe "Information" in ihrer Sitzung vom 2. April 2009 ergeben hat. Die dänische, die niederländische, die finnische, die slowenische und die schwedische Delegation haben erklärt, dass sie gegen den Antwortentwurf stimmen werden. Es wurden die folgenden Erklärungen abgegeben: FI: "Finnland kann sich der Auslegung der Begriffe "besonders sensibles Dokument" und "Dokument von besonders großer Tragweite" im vorliegenden Antwortentwurf nicht anschließen." SI: "Die slowenische Delegation ist nicht der Ansicht, dass die Freigabe dieses Dokuments den Schutz der Rechtsberatung beeinträchtigen würde." SE: "Der Vorschlag steht im Widerspruch zum Urteil des Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache Turco. Es besteht keine wirkliche, angemessen absehbare und nicht rein hypothetische Gefahr, dass im Sinne von Artikel 4 Absatz 2 zweiter Gedankenstrich die Freigabe des beantragten Dokuments den Schutz der Rechtsberatung beeinträchtigen könnte. Das Dokument sollte daher vollständig freigegeben werden." 7710/09 aih/gha/il 1 DG F DE

06/c/01/09, wie er sich aus der Prüfung durch die Gruppe "Information" in ihrer Sitzung vom 2. April 2009 ergeben hat.

2 Die Mehrheit der Delegationen hat der Veröffentlichung des Abstimmungsergebnisses zugestimmt. Der Ausschuss der Ständigen Vertreter wird daher ersucht, dem Rat vorzuschlagen, dass er auf seiner nächsten Tagung den in der Anlage enthaltenen Antwortentwurf gegen die Stimmen der dänischen, der niederländischen, der finnischen, der slowenischen und der schwedischen Delegation als A- Punkt annimmt und beschließt, das Abstimmungsergebnis zu veröffentlichen. Die Anlage liegt nur in englischer Sprache vor. 7710/09 aih/gha/il 2 DG F DE

Anlage enthaltenen Antwortentwurf gegen die Stimmen der dänischen, der niederländischen, der finnischen, der slowenischen und der

3 ANLAGE DRAFT REPLY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON... TO CONFIRMATORY APPLICATION 06/c/01/09 made by on 17 March 2009, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, for public access to document 6644/06 The Council has considered this confirmatory application under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (OJ L 145 of , p. 43) and Annex II to the Council's Rules of Procedure (Council Decision 2006/683/EC, Euratom - OJ L 285 of , p. 47) and has come to the following conclusion: 1. The applicant refers to document 6644/06, an opinion of the Legal Service of the Council concerning a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of floods. 2. In its reply dated 10 March 2009, the General Secretariat granted public access to paragraphs 1-7 of the document. Access to the remaining parts was refused pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (protection of legal advice). 3. In his confirmatory application, the applicant claims that the legal advice contained in the requested concerns a "groundbreaking" issue in legal writing which should be dealt with in open academic discourse. The applicant also states that he requests full access to the document for purely academic purposes. Furthermore, he contends that the requested document should not be refused for reason of containing personal data. 4. The Council has examined the above-mentioned document in the light of the applicant's arguments: 7390/09 aih/gha/il 3

this confirmatory application under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, p.

4 5. The requested document contains internal legal advice by the Council Legal Service intended for the members of the Council, given in the context of the examination of a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of floods. In its examination, the Legal Service examines the powers of the Community legislator under Articles 175(1) and 175(2) EC, as modified by the Treaty of Nice, to adopt measures on the assessment and management of floods, as proposed by the Commission. 6. As the applicant contends, the issue analysed in the requested document is novel; furthermore, there exists no case-law on the distinction between 175(1) and 175(2) EC, following modification by the Treaty of Nice, in order to guide the legislator's choice of the legal basis. In view of the novelty of the doctrine suggested by the Legal Service in the requested document and the particular relevance of this reasoning in forthcoming discussions in the area, the Council considers that the legal advice is particularly sensitive in nature and its disclosure would be highly detrimental to the capacity of the Council to request and obtain frank, objective and comprehensive legal advice in an area where the legal doctrine is novel and consequently, where there exists an increased risk of litigation. 8. The possibility that the legal advice in this sensitive area be disclosed to the public may lead the Council to lose all interest in requesting written opinions from its Legal Service, since it could find itself in a situation where it would be confronted - in an action on the validity of the legal act it adopted - with an advice given by its Legal Service during the decision-making process. Moreover, the very fact for the Legal Service to consider the possibility that an internal legal advice intended exclusively for the members of the Council in a delicate area could be released to the public, could affect the way in which legal opinions are drafted and hence prejudice the possibility of the Legal Service to express its views in a free and independent manner. Lastly, disclosure of the legal advice would also affect the ability of the Legal Service to effectively defend the decision taken by the Council before the Community courts. 9. The Council wishes to clarify that the requested document does not contain any personal data whose erasure would enable it to release the contents of the document without the risk of undermining the protection of legal advice. 7390/09 aih/gha/il 4

In its examination, the Legal Service examines the powers of the Community legislator under Articles 175(1) and 175(2) EC, as modified by the Treaty of Nice, to adopt measures on the assessment and

5 10. The Council understands the applicant's interest in inspecting the document for the purposes of his academic research. However, this does not, in the Council's view, point to the existence of an overriding public interest in disclosure; indeed it is not possible to grant the applicant privileged access to the document, since the Council is obliged, when releasing the document, to do so erga omnes, in conformity with Article 10(2) of Annex II of its Rules of Procedure. 11. In the light of the above and in the absence of any other elements pointing to an overriding public interest in disclosure, the Council concludes that the institution's interest in receiving frank, objective and comprehensive legal advice outweighs the applicant's interest in full disclosure of the document and therefore confirms the General Secretariat s decision, set out in its reply to the applicant of 10 March 2009, granting public access to paragraphs 1-7 of the document and refusing access to the remaining parts refused pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (protection of legal advice). 7390/09 aih/gha/il 5

document, since the Council is obliged, when releasing the document, to do so erga omnes, in conformity with Article 10(2) of Annex II of its Rules of Procedure. 11.

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