meetings with US authorities about Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption

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Dear European Council,

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:

I recently became aware of the following:

Meeting EU/USA: In the margins of the meeting, the EU ( represented by the Commission,
the Council Secretariat and the Spanish Presidency) held informal talks with the USA
representatives, in order to verify possibilities to finance initiatives aimed at encouraging
third States to accede to 1993 Hague Convention and/or helping them at implementing it
properly.
The countries mentioned by the USA were, for instance, Laos, Ethiopia, Vietnam (non-
contracting States), Guatemala (signed), Nepal (accession but adoption suspended for non
corrected implementation of the Convention).
COM said that activities as those mentioned by USA are currently carried out by the HCCH
in the framework of the technical assistance programme which has proved to be very
successful. It is possible under this programme that some receiving countries coordinate
themselves in order to finance HCCH activities in a specific country of their interest.
From the COM point of view, we are reflecting on the possibility to co-finance in a more
permanent way the work of the HCCH in the framework of the Civil Justice Programme in
the timeframe 2014-2020.

We agreed to stay in touch and discuss again the issue at another suitable occasion. (N.B.: as a
follow-up, USA requested to meet the Commission and the Belgian Presidency: the meeting
will take place on 3 September 2010).
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/579/r...

Hereby I request access to all correspondence, minutes, phone logs, related to the meeting that took place on 3 September 2010, or any other meeting with the US authorities related to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoptionn.

Yours faithfully,

Arun Dohle

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The issue was already brought up by the USA in May 2010 - USA proposed Commission, Council SG and Spanish Presidency to discuss about like minded positions vis-a-vis third countries that have not yet acceded to the 1993 Hague Convention:

http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/420/r...

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Please find attached a letter from the General Secretariat of the Council
concerning your request for access under Regulation 1049/2001.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Transparency Service - Access to documents

 

Dear SECRETARIAT DGF Access,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

However, the documents mentioned in your letter - documents 11924/10, 14532/10 and 16312/10 - of which you stated I would receive parts of the documents, were not attached. I hereby kindly request you to give me access to those documents.

I am also looking forward to documents 13880/10 and document 17466/10 once you received the necessary authorisation.

Yours sincerely,

Arun Dohle

SECRETARIAT DGF Access, Europäischer Rat

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Dear Mr. Dohle,

Please find enclosed the partially accessible versions of documents 11924/10, 14532/10 and 16312/10, which were lacking in our previous e-mail due to clerical error.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

Yours sincerely,

General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
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Dear Postmaster Consilium,

In your letter
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/695/r...
you wrote the following:

"We have not been able to identify any correspondence, minutes or phone logs related to the meeting of 3 September 2010 or other meetings with US authorities concerning the subject mentioned in your request.
...
The meeting of 3 September 2010 may have taken place in the European Commission. For more information you may contact the relevant service of the European Commission: DG justice 1 A, head of unit Ringou Niovi, phone +32 229-63037/229-59916."

I have indeed asked the European Commission for more information and have received their Flash Report of that meeting:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/725/r...

As you can see, the meeting was initiated by the Council Secretariat and was held at the Council premises.

I also noted that at the initial invitation of 22 July
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/725/r...
the Belgian Central Authority was not included. However, they did participate.

Therefore I kindly repeat my request for any documents, minutes, correspondence about that meeting.

Yours sincerely,

Arun Dohe

Arun Dohle hat eine Nachricht hinterlassen ()

Waiting for documents 13880/10 and document 17466/10. Council will ask the United States for their agreement to disclosure.

Dear Postmaster Consilium,

I hereby resend my confirmatory appeal from 14 August, to which I received no reply.

I also still await document 13880/10 and document 17466/10, for which the Council would ask the United States for their agreement to disclosure.

Yours sincerely,

Arun Dohle

From: Arun Dohle

August 14, 2013

Dear Postmaster Consilium,

In your letter
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/695/r...
you wrote the following:

"We have not been able to identify any correspondence, minutes or
phone logs related to the meeting of 3 September 2010 or other
meetings with US authorities concerning the subject mentioned in
your request.
...
The meeting of 3 September 2010 may have taken place in the
European Commission. For more information you may contact the
relevant service of the European Commission: DG justice 1 A, head
of unit Ringou Niovi, phone +32 229-63037/229-59916."

I have indeed asked the European Commission for more information
and have received their Flash Report of that meeting:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/725/r...

As you can see, the meeting was initiated by the Council
Secretariat and was held at the Council premises.

I also noted that at the initial invitation of 22 July
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/725/r...
the Belgian Central Authority was not included. However, they did
participate.

Therefore I kindly repeat my request for any documents, minutes,
correspondence about that meeting.

Yours sincerely,

Arun Dohe

SECRETARIAT DGF Access, Europäischer Rat

3 Attachments

Please find attached a letter from the General Secretariat of the Council
concerning your request for access under Regulation 1049/2001.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Transparency Service - Access to documents