Administrative Arrangements with Norway, Ukraine, Serbia, Switzerland

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Dear European Defence Agency,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting the full text of the administrative arrangements for cooperation established between the EDA and:

-Norway (signed in March 2006)
-Ukraine (signed in December 2015)
-Serbia (signed in December 2013)
-Switzerland ("Framework for Cooperation" signed in March 2012)

I am currently a Masters student at the College of Europe and am writing my thesis on future models of EU/UK defence cooperation. In order to conduct my research, I need to obtain these documents in order to see exactly what are the arrangements for defence cooperation that the EU has with third countries.

Yours faithfully,

Marc Nikolov

Information Mailbox, European Defence Agency

Dear Mr Nikolov,

Thank you for your request for access to documents. We hereby acknowledge receipt, and will revert to you within 15 working days from the date of reception of your email.
Please note that all requests for access to documents must be sent to [EDA request email].
Best regards,

The European Defence Agency

[EDA request email]
+32 (0) 2 504 28 00
Rue des Drapiers 17-23, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

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Dear Madam, dear Sir,

Thank you. I will wait for your reply.
I cannot see the e-mail you've indicated, however. The following appears instead:
"Please note that all requests for access to documents must be sent to [EDA request email]. "

Could you please send me the e-mail I should write to ?

Yours sincerely,

Marc Nikolov

Information Mailbox, European Defence Agency

Dear Mr Nikolov,
Sorry for the missing part in the previous mail.
You sent your request to the right address (so no worries): [EDA request email]
We will get back to you in time with our reply.
Kindest regards,
EDA

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Dear Madam, dear Sir,

Thank you for the prompt reply. I'm afraid the e-mail still does not appear...
I assume it has no relevance, since I have sent my request to the right address.

Looking forward to receiving the documents.

Best regards,

Marc Nikolov

Information Mailbox, European Defence Agency

Dear Mr Nikolov,
Very strange to see that the email address ([EDA request email]) does not appear properly when you open the mail.
But, yes, it's not important since everything has been well received.
Best,
EDA

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Dear Madam, dear Sir,

I was informed that the documents I requested are sensitive. As I soon need to begin writing my thesis, I would like to request, if possible, a summary of the documents - namely the following elements for each of the four agreements:

- Objectives/Principles of the relationship
- Scope of cooperation
- Provisions for consultation
- Provisions for information-sharing
- Provisions for financial contributions from third parties to EDA budget
- Provisions for dispute settlement
- Provisions for decision-making by third countries in EDA (if applicable)
- Provisions for participation by third countries in EDA projects

I would like also to maintain my original request for the full documents.

Kind regards,

Marc Nikolov

Information Mailbox, European Defence Agency

Dear Mr Nikolov,

We refer to your request dated 19 January 2018 for access to the four Administrative Arrangements concluded by the EDA with Norway (2006), Switzerland (2012), Serbia (2013) and Ukraine (2015), made pursuant to Regulation 1049/2001.
Unfortunately the internal consultation process has taken longer than anticipated and as a result we need to extend the deadline originally indicated of 08 February by another 15 working days.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we will revert to you on your request by 22 February.

Kindest regards,
EDA

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Dear Information Mailbox,

Thank you for letting me know.
I am looking forward to receiving the documents by 22 February.

Yours sincerely,

Marc Nikolov

Information Mailbox, European Defence Agency

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Dear Mr Nikolov,
We refer to your request dated 19 January 2018 for access to the four Administrative Arrangements concluded by the EDA with Norway (2006), Switzerland (2012), Serbia (2013) and Ukraine (2015), as well as to our mail of 7 February (see below) in which we asked for an extension of the deadline until 22 February.
We are happy to inform you that the internal consultation process went faster than foreseen and that we can provide you today with the four Administrative Arrangements (attached).
We wish you the best of luck for your thesis and would appreciate if you could share the result with us later on.
Kindest regards,
EDA

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Dear Madam, dear Sir,

Thank you very much !
I shall send you my thesis once it is finished (this will be in early May this year).

To whom should I send it ? Please send me the contact details by e-mail, as I am unable to see any e-mail addresses on this website.

Yours sincerely,

Marc Nikolov

BRULS Helmut, European Defence Agency

Dear M.Nikolov,
You can send it to me.
Many thanks in advance!
Best, Helmut

Helmut BRÜLS
Media & Communication Officer

[email address]
+32 (0) 2 504 2810
Rue des Drapiers 17-23, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
www.eda.europa.eu

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Dear BRULS Helmut,

May I quote the documents in the footnotes and bibliography of my thesis?

Yours sincerely,

Marc Nikolov

BRULS Helmut, European Defence Agency

Thank you for your email.

I will be out of the office until Tuesday 3 April and will respond upon my
return.

For urgent matters, please contact Pauline Massart or Elisabeth
Schoeffmann.

Kind regards,

Helmut Brüls

 

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BRULS Helmut, European Defence Agency

Dear Mr Nikolov,
Yes, you are allowed to do that.
Best regards,
Helmut Bruls

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