Ref. Ares(2020)4214066 - 11/08/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
The Director-General
Brussels
ENER/DJ/AV (2020) 4650826
By registered letter with acknowledgment of
receipt
Mr Mathias SCHINDLER
Bundestagsbüro Julia Reda, MdEP Unter den
Linden 50
11011 Berlin
Germany
Advance copy by email :
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Schindler,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/3492
We refer to your e-mail of 8 June 2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 9 June 2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application:
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.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 08/084 - Tel. direct line +32 229-62496
xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
The Directorate General for Energy (“DG Energy”) has searched through their files. The
result of this search is that no documents could be found that would correspond to the
description in your request.
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 the Commission, the Commission 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)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
(e-signed)
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
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Electronically signed on 07/08/2020 14:07 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563