Article 255 of the treaty establishing the European Community, implemented through Regulation 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001, grants a right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents to any Union citizen and to any natural or legal person residing, or having its registered office, in a Member State.

As part of the review process of Regulation 1049/2001, the Commission has published a report on the results of the public consultation. This report is available on the dedicated website "Review of the rules on access to documents".

This site will guide you in the search for Commission documents.
The Guide explains how to exercise your right of access.
The Registers of documents will help you to identify documents that could be relevant to your search. A first page presents categories of documents, related to various activities of the Commission. Clicking on one of those categories will give you a list of references and, in a number of cases, direct access to the full text of documents. The register of internal documents will also provide access to the websites of the responsible departments.
You may access directly the Organisation chart of the Directorates-general and other services of the Commission.
You may also obtain the text of the legal acts on public access.
Links have been created with the websites of the other institutions, the European Parliament and the Council, as well as to Member State rules on access.

Regulation     Internal rules for the application of Regulation 1049/2001

Secretariat general	Information Society and Media	Humanitarian Aid
Legal Service	Fisheries	Eurostat
Press and communication	Internal Market	Personnel and Administration
Economic and Financial Affairs	Regional Policy	Budget
Entreprise	Taxation and Customs Union	European Anti-Fraud Office
Competition	Education and Culture	Joint Interpreting and Conference Service
Employment and Social Affairs	Health and Consumer Protection	Translation service
Agriculture	Justice and Home Affairs	Publications Office
Energy and Transport	External Relations	Group of Policy Advisers
Environment	Trade	Financial Control
Research	Development	Internal Audit Service
Joint Research Centre	Enlargement	Co-operation office

Report from the Commission on the application in 2010 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2009 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2008 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2007 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2006 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2005 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2004 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 & working paper     Report from the Commission on the application in 2003 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the application in 2002 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001     Report from the Commission on the implementation of the principles in EC Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents