This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Airline and Train Agreements/Contracts with EU institutions'.




Ref. Ares(2017)88454 - 09/01/2017
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
OFFICE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF INDIVIDUAL ENTITLEMENTS 
 
 
The Director 
 
Brussels, 
PMO/VG 
Andreas Pavlou 
Access Info Europe  
Calle Cava de San Miguel 8, 4c  
28005 Madrid  
Spain 
 
E-mail:  
ask+request- xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx 
 
 
Subject: 
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2016/6484 
Dear Sir, 
We refer to your e-mail dated 17 November 2016 in which you make a request for access to documents, 
registered the following day under the above mentioned reference number. You request access to all the 
contracts and written agreements which are currently in force between EU institutions and airline/train 
companies on the use of their service by EU Commissioners and/or staff.  
Since the documents concerned originate from third parties, the originators of the documents have been 
consulted. Following an examination of the documents requested under the provisions of Regulation (EC) 
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents and taking into account the opinion of the third parties, 
I regret to inform you that your application cannot be granted, as disclosure is prevented by an exception to 
the right of access laid down in Article 4 of this Regulation. Indeed the documents which you seek to obtain 
contain commercially sensitive business information of the companies that submitted them. The authors of 
the documents have objected to disclosure of documents that they sent to the Commission and have 
motivated their position on the basis of the grounds specified above. 
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, you are entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2) of 
Regulation 1049/2001, 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-4 
BERL 5/282 
B-1049 Bruxelles 
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx 
Yours sincerely, 
[Signed] 
Veronica Gaffey 
European Commission - B-1049 Brussels – Belgium - Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11 
Office: SC27 04/018 - Telephone: direct line (32-2) 296 95 96  Fax: (32-2) 296 43 30 
 
Electronically signed on 06/01/2017 17:28 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563
E-mail: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx