EESC member travel expenses outside the EU
Dear European Economic and Social Committee,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
A breakdown of all travel expenses for trips taken outside the European Union, including destination locations, by EESC member Dilyana Slavova since 21/09/2010 to present.
Yours faithfully,
Nikolaj Nielsen
EUobserver
Rue Montoyer / Montoyerstraat 18B
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Dear Mr Nielsen,
Thank you for your request sent on 10 September of which we hereby acknowledge receipt.
In accordance with the decision of the European Economic and Social Committee of 1 July 2003 on public access to European Economic and Social Committee documents (2003/603/EC), your request will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 02/10/2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Best regards,
Mail & Archives Sector
Dear Mr Nielsen,
Thank you for your request sent on 10 September 2019 of which we hereby acknowledge receipt. It is being processed now.
Best regards,
Mail & Archives Sector
Dear Sir,
We refer to the four access to documents requests which you sent on 10
September 2019.
Each of your requests is currently being handled. However, due to the
complexity of the subject matters and the number of files involved, we are
not in a position to finalize the processing of your applications within
the time limit.
Therefore, we are obliged to extend the deadline by a further 15 working
days in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Mail & Archives Sector
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Dear European Economic and Social Committee,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'EESC member travel expenses outside the EU'.
By law, under all circumstances, the EESC should have responded by now.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/eesc...
Yours faithfully,
Nikolaj Nielsen
Dear Mr Nielsen,
In reply to your request for information addressed to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC or Committee) on the 10 September, please note the following:
EESC Members perceive no salary for the activities performed in relations with EESC activities. Daily allowances for participation to activities/meetings of the Committee are made in conformity with Council Decision 2013/471/EU of 23 September 2013 (OJ L 253, 25.09.2013) on the granting of daily allowances to and the reimbursement of travelling expenses of members of the European Economic and Social Committee and their alternates, as well as to the Decision of the Bureau of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 April 2016, adopted on the basis thereof, on the reimbursement of expenses incurred and the allowances received by Committee members.
All members of the Committee are subject to the same rules and conditions.
The payment of subsistence allowance (or per diem) is set at 290€ and is granted for each day's participation in the work of the Committee and its constituent bodies or of official representation of the EESC. It includes the accommodation expenses.
The list of trips taken outside the European Union, including destination locations, by EESC Member Dilyana Slavova since 21/09/2010 is attached.
Mrs Slavova participated in these meetings due to her obligations as President of the REX section, as a replacement of the EESC President or on the request of in the framework of official meetings organized by the European Commission.
Kind regards.
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Dear Mr Nielsen,
In our email of 2 October 2019 we informed you about the need to extend
the deadline of our reply by a further 15 working days, due to the fact
that the internal consultation process for the relevant documents and the
detailed analysis of all legal aspects linked to the possible disclosure
of these documents was particularly time consuming.
In this respect, as a reply to your request for information addressed to
the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC or Committee) on the 10
September, please note the following:
EESC Members perceive no salary for the activities performed in relations
with EESC activities. Daily allowances for participation to
activities/meetings of the Committee are made in conformity with Council
Decision 2013/471/EU of 23 September 2013 (OJ L 253, 25.09.2013) on the
granting of daily allowances to and the reimbursement of travelling
expenses of members of the European Economic and Social Committee and
their alternates, as well as to the Decision of the Bureau of the European
Economic and Social Committee of 26 April 2016, adopted on the basis
thereof, on the reimbursement of expenses incurred and the allowances
received by Committee members.
All members of the Committee are subject to the same rules and conditions.
The payment of subsistence allowance (or per diem) is set at 290€ and is
granted for each day's participation in the work of the Committee and its
constituent bodies or of official representation of the EESC. It includes
the accommodation expenses.
The list of trips taken outside the European Union, including destination
locations, by EESC Member Dilyana Slavova since 21/09/2010 is attached.
Mrs Slavova participated in these meetings due to her obligations as
President of the REX section, as a replacement of the EESC President or on
the request of in the framework of official meetings organized by the
European Commission.
Please note that this is the reply to your initial request. As it was
already under approval when you introduced a confirmatory request earlier
today, we do not take this confirmatory into account. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may have caused.
Kind regards.
The Mail/Archives service