I have written to EUrLex today as follows:
"I have written to you before on this matter but I would again draw your attention to the fact that several documents dated 13th February have appeared in the ComDoc section several days after their date of adoption.
There is no indication that they have only recently been added.
It would be much easier to keep track of new material if you added it under today’s date, irrespective of its date of adoption. At the moment anyone trying to follow all new material has to check back regularly to count up whether there are still the same number of document shown under the dates for at least the last week.
This is surely not your intention.
There may be a reason for filing these documents under their adopted date but I can only repeat that it makes an excellent database more difficult to use. There are several important documents on the freedom of movement now listed under the 13th February and they will be missed by many of your users who are not aware that new material can be listed under previous dates."
They didn't reply last time but maybe if I keep trying...
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Over the last few weeks, there have been many Commission Communications mentioned in press releases, but relatively few available on EUR-Lex or the Commission's Register of Documents.
It surely should not be the case that proposals, initiatives etc are announced without the substantive documentation being available.
As of today - 7 March - there are just five COMdocs in the March section of EUR-Lex 'Preparatory documents' - and two of those are from last year!
I too try to follow all new materials and for the last four years I have used lists of COM-docs seen / not yet seen. Also I hate the fact that proposals, green and white papers, etc. sometimes are announced yet not published for weeks. Thank you, Paul, for bringing this to the attention of the European Commission. Perhaps sometime soon we'll suddenly see a change.
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