Ref. Ares(2020)3436403 - 01/07/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
The Director-General
Brussels,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem 2020/3460
Dear Mr Schindler,
I refer to your application dated 5 June 20201, registered on 8 June 2020 under the above
mentioned reference number2, in which you make a request for access to:
‘a copy of each Access to Documents request from 2018 and 2019 that was
refused registration because the requesting person did not provide a postal
address.’
I regret to inform you that DG NEAR 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 1049/20013, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Given that DG NEAR holds no such documents corresponding to the description given in
your application, DG NEAR 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.
1 Ref. Ares(2020)2957642.
2 Ref. Ares(2020)2957665.
3 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, Official Journal L 145 of 31
May 2001, p. 43.
Mr Mathias Schindler
Bundestagsburo Julia Reda, MdEP
Unter den Linden 50
11011 Berlin
Germany
By email only:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
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 Brussels
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
[e-signed]
Christian Danielsson
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Electronically signed on 30/06/2020 23:26 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563