Ref. Ares(2016)3847049 - 22/07/2016
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY
The Director-General
Brussels,
REGIO.DGA1.C1/PL
Sent by email only
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2016-
3444
Ref.:
Your request of 17 June 2016; our email of 6 July
Dear Sir
We refer to your e-mail dated 17 June, in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on the same date under the above-mentioned reference number. On
6 July, our services inform you that we extended the time limit with 15 working days, in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (hereafter "the
Regulation") regarding public access to documents and that the new time limit expires
on 3rd August.
For ease of reference, we quote below your application:
"Documents which contain the following information:
1) Data on the level and total amount of financial corrections applied to all EU-28
countries (for each individual country and overall) resulted from the misuse of EU
funding during 2007-2013;
2) Internal summaries and/or audit reports on financial corrections that would provide
an understanding of the main reasons for applying financial corrections for ERDF / CF
funds across the EU."
We regret to inform you that the description given in your application does not enable us to
identify concrete documents that would correspond to your request. However, we have
identified the following documents that may address your query:
1. Commission Staff Working Paper on analysis of errors in Cohesion:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/working/doc/errors_analysis_2011_
en.pdf ;
Mr Neculai-Cristian Surubaru
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/
2. Report on financial corrections carried out for ERDF and ESF for 2000-06
programmes:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201304/20130415ATT64480/20
130415ATT64480EN.pdf
3. PIF report (Annual Report 2014 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests –
Fight against fraud (2015/2128(INI)):
https://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/reports_en
4.
Communication
on
the
protection
of
the
EU
budget:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/biblio/documents/management/COM_2015_503_final_
en.pdf
5. Annual Activity Reports for DG Regional and Urban Policy, the latest one available
via this li
nk: http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/synthesis/aar/doc/regio_aar_2015.pdf
In relation to the 2nd part of your request and in case you are looking for a specific audit
report(s) written by our services concerning programmes co-financed by ERDF/CF, we
would kindly ask you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Regulation, to indicate more exact
information on the documents which you seek to obtain, such as references, dates or periods
during which the documents would have been produced, persons or bodies who drafted the
documents, etc.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of the Regulation, you are entitled to make a
confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position. Such a
confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt of
this letter to the Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General
Transparency unit SG-B-5
BERL 5/327
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully
Walter Deffaa
Copy:
C. Callens (REGIO C2), C. de Lassus Saint Geniès (REGIO C1), C.
Grant (B4), M. Gilland (REGIO DGA2.01), S. Tamas (EMPL F2),
M. Schelfhout (REGIO G2), J. Plecity (REGIO G1), M.L. Llano
Cardenal (EMPL 01)
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Electronically signed on 22/07/2016 16:38 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563