The purpose of this Regulation is to give the fullest possible effect to the right of public access to documents and to lay down the general principles and limits on such access in accordance with Article 255(2) of the EC Treaty.
Namen te uredbe je čim bolj uresničiti pravico dostopa javnosti do dokumentov ter določiti splošna načela in omejitve takega dostopa v skladu s členom 255(2) Pogodbe ES.