Austrian FPO/OVP Governement -position of the EU Commission
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
According to reuters, Mr Juncker has met, in Brussels, on the 19/12/2017 the newly elected and sworn in Austrian Chancellor, Mr. Kurz.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austr...
I would like to receive :
1) The Agenda of the meeting between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz
2) Any correspondence between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz in regard to the newly sworn in Austrian Chancellor, Mr. Kurz (congratulations letter, reply from Austria etc)
Yours faithfully,
Eric Dumont
c/o Dartois
Parvis Notre-Dame, 11
1020 Brussels (Laeken)
Belgium
Dear Mr Sabido,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 16/01/2018. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
18/01/2018 under reference number GESTDEM 2018/0416.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
08/02/2018.
In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
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SG ACCES DOCUMENTS would like to recall the message, "access to documents request - Austrian FPO/OVP Governement -position of the EU Commission - GESTDEM 2018/0416".
Dear Mr Dumont,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 16/01/2018. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
18/01/2018 under reference number GESTDEM 2018/0416.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
08/02/2018.
In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[1][email address]
Dear Sir,
Please find attached an advance copy of the reply (Ares(2018)755138) to
your request for access to documents pursuant to Regulation (EC) N°
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents with ref. GestDem 2018/0416 and its annexe.
Please note that this letter will also be sent by registered mail with
acknowledgment of receipt in the coming days.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Austrian FPO/OVP Governement -position of the EU Commission'.
Thank you for providing me the letter of Mr. Juncker (question 1 of my request). But questions 2) and 3) remained answered. As following:
2) The reply of the Austrian Prime Minister
3) The Agenda of the meeting between Mr Donald Tusk and Mr Kurz
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/aust...
Yours faithfully,
Eric Dumont
Dear Mr Dumont,
Thank you for your email dated 11/02/2018, by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by SG to
your initial application GESTDEM 2018/0416.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 12/02/2018 - Ares(2018)801838.
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (05/03/2018). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery.
We kindly offer you the possibility to provide us a contact phone number
(by email to [email address]), so that the external delivery
service can contact you in case of absence.
Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[1][email address]
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 11 February 2018 wherein you make a
confirmatory application for access to documents, registered on 12
February 2018 under the above mentioned reference number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request.
We note that, in your initial application of 16 January 2018, you
requested access to:
1) The Agenda of the meeting between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz on
19/12/2017, and
2) Any correspondence between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz in regard to the
newly sworn in Austrian Chancellor, Mr Kurz (congratulations letter, reply
from Austria etc.).
In your confirmatory application, you request the review of the initial
reply of the Secretariat-General, in order to obtain access to:
1) The reply of the Austrian Prime Minister, and
2) The Agenda of the meeting between Mr Donald Tusk and Mr Kurz.
We invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, to clarify whether your confirmatory
application refers to the same meeting and concerns the same documents as
your initial application.
The 15-working days time-limit for handling your confirmatory application
will resume when we receive the requested clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[1][email address]
Dear Sir,
We refer to our email of 19 February 2018 wherein we requested that you
clarify your confirmatory application, submitted on 11 February 2018 and
registered on the following day under GestDem Ref No 2018/416. Until now,
we have not received any clarifications from you. We kindly request that
you provide the requested clarifications as soon as possible.
Please note that, in case you do not provide the requested clarifications
within the next 5 working days (i.e. by 15 March 2018), we will close your
confirmatory case.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[1][email address]
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From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 4:32 PM
To: 'Eric Dumont' <[FOI #5054 email]>
Subject: RE: Internal review of access to documents request - Austrian
FPO/OVP Governement -position of the EU Commission - GESTDEM 2018/0416
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 11 February 2018 wherein you make a
confirmatory application for access to documents, registered on 12
February 2018 under the above mentioned reference number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request.
We note that, in your initial application of 16 January 2018, you
requested access to:
1) The Agenda of the meeting between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz on
19/12/2017, and
2) Any correspondence between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz in regard to the
newly sworn in Austrian Chancellor, Mr Kurz (congratulations letter, reply
from Austria etc.).
In your confirmatory application, you request the review of the initial
reply of the Secretariat-General, in order to obtain access to:
1) The reply of the Austrian Prime Minister, and
2) The Agenda of the meeting between Mr Donald Tusk and Mr Kurz.
We invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, to clarify whether your confirmatory
application refers to the same meeting and concerns the same documents as
your initial application.
The 15-working days time-limit for handling your confirmatory application
will resume when we receive the requested clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[2][email address]
Cher Secrétariat général de la Commission européenne,
Comme demandé plus tôt : je souhaite recevoir la réponse du Premier Ministre Autrichien / Nouveau Gouvernement autrichien à la lettre initiale de félicitations de M. Juncker.
Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur/Madame, à l'assurance de mes salutations distinguées,
Eric Dumont
Cher Monsieur,
1. Suite à votre courriel du 28/03/2018, nous vous informons que votre
demande confirmative enregistrée sous la référence GESTDEM 2018/416 a
été rouverte à la date du 03/04/2018 et que le délai de réponse
arrivera à expiration le 16/04/2018. S’il s’avère nécessaire de le
prolonger, nous vous en informerons en temps utile.
2. Nous remarquons que dans votre demande initiale GESTDEM 2018/416 vous
aviez demandé accès à:
'2) Any correspondence between Mr Juncker and Mr Kurz in regard to the
newly sworn in Austrian Chancellor, Mr. Kurz (congratulations letter,
reply from Austria etc)'.
Cependant, dans votre courriel du 28/03/2018 vous avez indiqué un élément
additionnel:
'la réponse du […] Nouveau Gouvernement autrichien à la lettre initiale
de félicitations de M. Juncker '.
En considération de ces précisions, une nouvelle demande initiale a été
créée sous la référence GESTDEM 2018/1903, pour cette partie
additionnelle.
Conformément au règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission, cette
dernière demande sera traitée dans un délai de quinze jours ouvrables.
Ce délai arrivera à expiration le 24/04/2018. S’il s’avère nécessaire de
le prolonger, nous vous en informerons en temps utile.
Cordialement,
CELLULE ACCES AUX DOCUMENTS (LC)
Commission européenne
Secrétariat général
SG B.4 – Transparence
[1][email address]
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Dear Mr Dumont,
I refer to your email of 11 February 2018, registered on the following
day, by which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with
Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (‘Regulation
1049/2001’). I also refer to our request for clarification, sent on 19
February 2018, and your reply of 28 March 2018, wherein you clarified the
scope of your confirmatory application.
Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
due to ongoing consultations, we are not in a position to reply to your
confirmatory request within the prescribed time limit that expires on 16
April 2018.
Consequently, we have to extend this period by another 15 working days in
accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. The new deadline
expires on 8 May 2018.
Yours sincerely,
Martine Fouwels
Deputy Head of Unit
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached an advance copy of the confirmatory decision taken on
your request for access to documents registered under Gestdem number
2018/0416, adopted on 25/04/2018 in the above-mentioned case.
Please note that the Secretariat-General of the European Commission will
proceed with the formal notification of the decision in the coming days.
This advance copy is solely sent for your information and is not the
formal notification of the confirmatory decision.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
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