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- Title
Lifting the Veil of Maya: Access to Documents Held by Public Authorities and Commercial Information in the US and EU.
- Authors
Planchenstainer, Francesco
- Abstract
With a comparative view, this article casts the light on the right to access to documents both in the US and in the EU. While this right is afforded to citizens on both sides of the Atlantic with the US Freedom of Information Act and by and Regulation (EC) no 1049/200, significant differences exist as how the EU and the US afford protection to the requester of access to documents and the third-party owning data shared with public authorities. By analysing case law involving the FDA in the US and EMA and EFSA in the EU, the article highlights the tension between the citizens' interest to a transparent administration in the field of public health and IP and confidentiality rights.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GOVERNMENT corporations; EUROPEAN Union; FREEDOM of Information Act (U.S.); JUDGE-made law
- Publication
European Food & Feed Law Review, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 6, p344
- ISSN
1862-2720
- Publication type
Article