Ref. Ares(2019)7043166 - 14/11/2019
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS
The Director-General
Brussels,
By registered letter with
acknowledgment of receipt Ms Luisa Izuzquiza
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d'Édimbourg 26
1050 Bruxelles
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Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2019/5908
Dear Ms Izuzquiza,
We refer to your message dated 08/10/2019 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 18/10/2019 under the above mentioned reference number.
You requested a list of all meetings between DG HOME and Israel Aerospace Industries
(or IAI), Elbit Systems, and/or CEiiA or their intermediaries during the period between 1
January 2016 and October 2019, the respective minutes and preparatory documents of
these meetings, and all the correspondence exchange between DG HOME and these
companies.
After full check with all relevant services (offices of Commissioners, offices of present and
former Directors-General, relevant units in Directorate-General for Migration and Home
Affairs), we regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that
would correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution. Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency,
Document
Management
&
Access
to
Documents
(SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Paraskevi MICHOU
(e-signed)
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Electronically signed on 14/11/2019 10:20 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563