This paper looks at the relevant case law from the EU and WTO bodies concerning extraterritorial process regulation - PPMs. We note that while both bodies have an emergent and incomplete jurisprudence in this area, there are differences of approach and sometimes of principle in how they view PPM...

As the EU’s competences and activities in external relations expand, more and more documents held by EU institutions potentially fall within the scope of the ‘international relations’ and ‘defence and military matters’ exception contained in the EU’s Access to Documents Regulation...