Right to have access to own file (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)

Definition

1. Every person has the right to have his or her affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union.

2. This right includes:

(a) the right of every person to be heard, before any individual measure which would affect him or her adversely is taken;

(b) the right of every person to have access to his or her file, while respecting the legitimate interests of confidentiality and of professional and business secrecy;

Related terms:

Parent term:

Right to good administration (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)

Sibling terms:

Right to have affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)
Right to be heard (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)
Obligation of the administration to give reasons for its decisions (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)
Right to have the Union make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)
Answer in the same language (Article 41, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)