Ref. Ares(2020)3499737 - 03/07/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
Brussels,
SANTE.A.1/RMR
By registered letter with acknowledgment of
receipt
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 2020/3521
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.
1. Scope of your request
In your request, you ask on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011 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 Health and Food Safety Directorate
General (DG SANTE) 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.
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Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
We consider your request to cover documents held up to the date of your initial application,
i.e. 6 April 2020
.
You have submitted a similar request to other Directorates-General. Please note that this
reply relates only to the application submitted to the Directorate-General for Health and
Food Safety. You will receive the replies from the other Directorates-General in due course.
2. Identification and assessment of relevant documents
We regret to inform you that neither DG SANTE nor Commissioner Kyriakides Cabinet
hold any documents that would correspond to the description given in your application.
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 the 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.
3. Means of redress
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,
Anne BUCHER
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Electronically signed on 02/07/2020 20:27 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563