Communication between DG ENV and The Netherlands concering the buffer strip measure

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Daniël van Kessel

Dear Sir/Madam,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and Regulation 1367/2006, I am requesting the following documents:

Documents related to communication between The Netherlands authorities and DG ENV
concerning the implementation and enforcement of the buffer strip measure (Dutch: 'bufferstroken') that the European Commission set as a condition for granting derogation to The Netherlands (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2069 of 30 September 2022)
in the time period from January 1, 2023 until March 18, 2024.

Relevant types of communication include but are not limited to: (draft versions of) minutes, (hand-written) notes, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, briefings, e-mails, attachments, letters and (powerpoint) presentations.

Since the information might at least partly concern 'activities affecting or likely to affect' the 'state of the elements of the environment', I believe Regulation 1367/2006 applies.

Please send me an acknowledgement of receipt of this request. I would appreciate it if you include a list of documents corresponding to my request. Please note I prefer to receive the documents digitally, not physically, in a machine-readable format.

Yours faithfully,

Daniël van Kessel

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ENV-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 18/03/2024 and registered on 19/03/2024 under the case number
2024/1504.

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European Commission

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ENV-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Hello,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 19 March 2024 under case number EASE 2024/1504.

We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 12 April 2024.

Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 6 May 2024.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

ENV D1

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Daniël van Kessel

Good afternoon,

I sent you a request for access to documents that you registered on March 19th under case number EASE 2024/1504.
You let me know on April 11th that you needed an extended time limit, which would expire on May 6th.

This time limit has expired. Could you please let me know when I can expect your reply? I would also appreciate it if you specify the reasons for this delay. Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Daniël van Kessel

Good afternoon,

I sent you a request for access to documents that you registered on March 19th under case number EASE 2024/1504.
You let me know on April 11th that you needed an extended time limit, which would expire on May 6th.
I reminded you with an email on May 14th that the time limit had expired.
You have however up to date not responded to my request.

I urge you to provide me with a response to my request as soon as possible.
I would also appreciate it if you specify the reasons for this delay. Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Daniël van Kessel