Ref. Ares(2020)3392587 - 29/06/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID
OPERATIONS (ECHO)
The Director-General
Brussels
ECHO.E.3/KS
E-mail with acknowledgment of
receipt Mathias Schindler
Unter den Linden 50
10117 Berlin
DEUTSCHLAND
Email:ask+request-8024-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/3449
Dear Mr Schindler,
We refer to your e-mail of 05 June 2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 08 June 2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
We regret to inform you that Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and
Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application. In years 2018 and 2019 we always
received postal addresses from the respective requestors.
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 DG ECHO, DG ECHO 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.
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)
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
BELGIUM
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by
registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health and security
measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the
requirement for all Commission non-critical staff to telework, this communication will be
sent only by e-mail.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying
to xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
[E-signed]
Paraskevi MICHOU
Director General
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Electronically signed on 29/06/2020 14:53 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563
