FOI in the EU

The statewatch website offers a good insight into the area of FOI in the EU. FOI in the EU is governed by Regulation (1049/2001) on access to documents (pdf file)

The European Council (on which sit the heads of government of all member
states) is the only law-making body in any western democracy that enacts
laws in secret. More details: http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/european-union/basics/part5.html (Thanks to Heather for this link)