Balancing the Right to Data Protection and the Right of Access to Documents: A Study of the Conflicts Between Regulation 45/2001 and Regulation 1049/2001
The conflict between the right to data protection and the right of access to documents is mirrored in the Regulations embodying these rights, as they appear to have conflicting end-goals. The two main conflicts are, first, between the Article 8 of Regulation 45/2001 and the Article 6(1) of Regulation 1049/2001, and second, between the Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation 45/2001 or the principle of purpo