Note to the Presidency of the Council concerning the General Secretariat draft policy paper on legislative transparency

On 13 July, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU circulated a draft policy note to the Members of the Council with proposals for reform of the policy on legislative transparency (document 11099/18 LIMITE). The Standing Committee of Experts on International, Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law (the Meijers Committee) has taken note of the document, as well as of the recent revision of the guidelines concerning handling of documents internal to the Council (so-called ‘limite’ documents) as laid down in document 7695/18 of 10 April.