Ref. Ares(2020)3385029 - 29/06/2020
Mr Mathias Schindler
Email:
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sent by email only
29 June 2020
Ref: 02-2020
Subject: Reply to request for access to documents
We refer to your e-mail dated 8 June 2020 by which you make a request for access to documents,
registered by us under reference number Ref.: 02/2020.
In your application, you request access to ‘
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’.
As laid down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access applies only to
existing documents in possession of the institution. In this regard, please note that the EIT does not
hold any documents that would correspond to the description given in your application. As a result,
the EIT is not in a position to deal with your request any further.
Please note that in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the EIT to review this position. Such a confirmatory application
should be addressed, within 15 working days upon receipt of this response, by post or electronically
to the Head of Services and Finance of the EIT at the following address:
Electronically: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxx.xx
By post:
Head of Services and Finance
European Institute of Innovation & Technology
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Infopark
1/E Neuman Janos Utca
1117 Budapest/ Hungary
Yours sincerely
Tzvetan Zafirov Head of EIT Service & Finance Unit
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