Ref. Ares(2020)7055673 - 24/11/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY
The Director-General
Brussels
regio.ddg.d.1(2020)7751096/GB
Dear Sir,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/6294
We refer to your e-mail of 20 October 2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 21 October 2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
As already communicated to you with our e-mail of 9 November 2020, we regret to inform
you that the Commission does not hold the contractual documents of the Interreg project
‘REMIX - Smart and Green Mining Regions of EU’ that you requested in your application.
This
project
has
been
co-financed
by
the
Interreg
Europe
programme
(https://www.interregeurope.eu/remix/).
Like all the programmes of the European Structural and Investment (ESI) funds, Interreg
Europe is implemented in shared management by the EU Member States. The authority
responsible for managing the Interreg Europe programme (‘managing authority’) on behalf
of the participating partner countries (all the EU Member States, plus Switzerland and
Norway) is the Hauts-de-France Regional Council in France. The managing authority signs
the subsidy contracts (‘grant agreements’) with the selected projects on behalf of the
programme.
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.
By e-mail with acknowledgement of receipt
Mr Nik Völker,
MiningWatch Portugal
E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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
In light of the above, I kindly invite you to address your request to the Joint Secretariat of
the Interreg Europe programme at the address provided below or by writing to the
Programme Director Mr Erwin Siweris (x.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx).
Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat
Les Arcuriales, Entrée D, 5e étage
45 rue de Tournai, 59000 Lille, France
You are kindly invited to acknowledge receipt of this e-mail. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Marc LEMAITRE
c.c.:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx ;
REGIO-TRANSNATIONAL-AND-INTERREGIONAL-
xxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
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Electronically signed on 24/11/2020 14:51 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482