Ref. Ares(2020)3424117 - 30/06/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
RESEARCH EXECUTIVE AGENCY
Legal Affairs, Internal Control and Reporting
Head of Sector
Brussels,
REA C0.1
Mr Mathias Schindler
Bundestagsbüro Julia Reda MdEP
Unter den Linden 50
11011 Berlin
Germany
Sent
by
registered
email
to:
ask+request-8079
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents reference Ares(2020)3003357
Dear Mr Schindler,
We refer to your access to documents request submitted to the Research Executive Agency on 8
June 2020 via the website AskTheEU.org and registered on 10 June 2020 under reference number
Ares(2020)3003357.
A.
SCOPE OF YOUR REQUEST
In your application you stated:
“Palantir
Technologies, Inc. is a private company supplying products and services.
I am asking for any information related to palantir and its products and services, including
a) meeting records (drafts, memos, invitations, appointments, cancellations) involving Palantir officials
and people representing Palantir and their interests
b) correspondence (including within the [Authority name] and with the European institutions
concerning Palantir technologies and / or its products and services or the regulatory environment of
the EU that affects their products and services. This may include policy papers, consultation input,
memoranda or any other form of information.
c) invoices, tenders, service agreements, purchases, orders, procurement documents, offers etc.
concerning products and services using Palantir Technologies.”
Agence exécutive pour la recherche, B-1049 Bruxelles / Uitvoerend Agentschap Onderzoek, B-1049 Brussel – Belgium. Telephone:
(32-2) 299 11 11.
Office: COV2-08/28 - Tel. direct line (32-2) 2991510 - Email: xxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
This request is handled within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access
to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents1.
Given that the description in your application did not enable us to identify concrete documents,
which would correspond to your request, on the same message informing the registration of your
request, you were invited pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents, to provide us with more detailed information on the documents that you
were seeking to obtain.
The same day you replied,
“The company has been listed in the EU transparency register at
https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=55378603574
5-66 and you can find the names of some of their representatives in this list. Since a complete list of
representatives is unavailable, I would like to emphasise that this request should not just cover the
people listed in this entry. The company was founded in 2004, the timeframe should not extend
beyond this date.”
B.
DISCLOSURE OF THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS
Having examined your request we regret to inform you that REA has not identified any documents
held by it that would correspond to your request for access to documents.
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 REA, REA is not in a position to fulfil your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, you are entitled to make a confirmatory
application requesting the Director of REA to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt of this
letter to Mr Marc TACHELET, Director of REA, at the following address:
Research Executive Agency
Covent Garden building
COV2 – 08/52
Place Charles Rogier, 16
1210 Brussels
Or by e-mail to
: xxxx.xxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
Barbara KAMPIS
1 Regulation (EC) N° 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ L145, 31.05.2001, page 43, hereinafter “Regulation N° 1049/2001.
Electronically signed on 30/06/2020 09:28 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563
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