Correspondence members Euradopt with European Commissioners
Arun Dohle made this access to documents request to Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Enlargement (ELARG),
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:
The below extract of the minutes of the October 2007 meeting of Euradopt contain a call for action towards the European Commission.
" - Jennifer Degeling from the Permanent Bureau in the Hague and representatives of four Central Authorities had a meeting with the NAC delegates. All parties agreed that we need a concerted effort to try and influence the ideas within the European Union, where it has been argued that inter-country adoption is not a child protection measure and is a last resort. I regard our discussion as a step forward in the EU issue.
.../...
European Union
The Italian commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice, Mr Frattini, has issued a tender for a study about adoption legislation in Europe. The time limit was Sept 21. When a tenderer is known, EurAdopt will contact him/her/them and offer our co-operation. The purpose of the study is i.a. to identify possible solutions to difficulties which prevent European citizens from exercising parental responsibility, and to study the possibility of setting up a Euroean adoption procedure between members states. Thankyou AiBi [Sic: Amici dei Bambini] for informing the Executive Board!
It is of continued importance that the EurAdopt members contact their respective commissioner and members of European Parliament about the informal and negative attitude to intercountry adoption which has been expressed within EU. If you need renewed material or more arguments, you can email me."
I would like to have access to any letters received from members of Euradopt by the respective Commissioners and/or Commissioner Olli Rehn, Franco Frattini, Jacques Barrot and President Barroso. Including responses given, related internal notes and phone logs.
Period 2005 - 2009.
Euradopt Members and respective Commissioner:
AMARNA -Belgian Commissioner
Sourires d'Enfants - French Commissioners
AC International Child Support - Danish Commissioner
DanAdopt - Danish Commissioner
Interpedia - Finnish Commissioner
Save the Children Finland Pelastakaa Lapset - Finnish Commissioner
Païdia 87bis - French Commissioners
Protestant Adoption Center (Evangelischer Verein für Adoptions- und Pflegekindervermittlung Rheinland e.V.)- German Commissioner
PARENTS-CHILD-BRIDGE (Diakonische Werk - Eltern-Kind-Brücke e.V.)- German Commissioner
Family For You - Austrian Commissioner
Amici dei Bambini - Italian Commissioner
CIAI - Italian Commissioner
Wereldkinderen (Netherlands Intercountry Child Welfare Organisation. Organization)- Dutch Commissioner
Kind en Toekomst (Child and Future) - Dutch Commissioner
Meiling - Dutch Commissioner
Adoptionscentrum - Swedish Commissioner
FFIA(Familjeföreningen för Internationell Adoption)- Swedish Commissioner
Swedish Friends of Children (Barnens Vänner)- Swedish Commissioner
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear Enlargement (ELARG),
I hereby kindly request you to forward this request to the General Secretariat, as it concerns several DG's/Cabinet.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 20/05/2014.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your initial application for access to documents, which was registered on 26/05/2014 under reference:
*Number GestDem 2014/2553 for documents concerning President Barroso and
*Number GestDem 2014/2552 for documents concerning others Commissioners.
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 19/06/2014. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4.
Transparence.
Berl. 05/329.
SG ACCES DOCUMENTS would like to recall the message, "access to information request - Correspondence members Euradopt with European Commissioners --- Ref. Gestdem 2014/2553 & 2014/2552".
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 20/05/2014.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your initial application for access to documents, which was registered on 26/05/2014 under reference:
*Number GestDem 2014/2553 for documents concerning President Barroso and
*Number GestDem 2014/2552 for documents concerning others Commissioners.
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 19/06/2014. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4.
Transparence.
Berl. 05/329.
Dear Sir,
We inform you that you did not specify the period concerned for documents regarding President Barroso (Gestdem 2014/2553).
Could you please specify?
Yours faithfully,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4.
Transparence.
Berl. 05/329.
Dear Mr. Remis(SecGen),
For correspondence with the President, the period would be from entering office until end 2009.
Also for the Commissioners I meant up to end 2009.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear Mr Dohle,
We have received your request of access to the following documents:
- any letters received from members of Euradopt by the respective
Commissioners and/or Commissioner Olli Rehn, Franco Frattini, Jacques
Barrot and President Barroso. Including responses given, related internal
notes and phone logs.
Period 2005 - 2009.
- Euradopt Members and respective Commissioner:
· AMARNA -Belgian Commissioner
· Sourires d'Enfants - French Commissioners
· AC International Child Support - Danish Commissioner
· DanAdopt - Danish Commissioner
· Interpedia - Finnish Commissioner
· Save the Children Finland Pelastakaa Lapset - Finnish
Commissioner
· Païdia 87bis - French Commissioners
· Protestant Adoption Center (Evangelischer Verein für Adoptions-
und Pflegekindervermittlung Rheinland e.V.)- German Commissioner
· PARENTS-CHILD-BRIDGE (Diakonische Werk - Eltern-Kind-Brücke
e.V.)- German Commissioner
· Family For You - Austrian Commissioner
· Amici dei Bambini - Italian Commissioner
· CIAI - Italian Commissioner
· Wereldkinderen (Netherlands Intercountry Child Welfare
Organisation. Organization)- Dutch Commissioner
· Kind en Toekomst (Child and Future) - Dutch
Commissioner
· Meiling - Dutch Commissioner
· Adoptionscentrum - Swedish Commissioner
· FFIA(Familjeföreningen för Internationell Adoption)- Swedish
Commissioner
· Swedish Friends of Children (Barnens Vänner)- Swedish
Commissioner
Your application is currently being handled.
As you know, part of the request will be handled by the departments in the
Secretariat General of the Commission. However, DG JUSTICE has been
charged to deal with almost all the requested correspondence.
You are asking for documents which were falling into the competence of 12
different Commissioners in the former Commission mandate. All documents of
former Cabinets are currently in the historical archive.
Researches and retrieval of documents in the historical archives require
more time and many of them will furthermore require consultation with
third parties. In this context, we will not be in the position to complete
the handling of your application within the assigned time limit, which is
19 June 2014.
We have therefore to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents.
The new time limit expires on 10/7/2014. Our department will do all the
necessary to provide you with a final reply within the new deadline, but
we may come back to you should the consultation process take more time
than foreseen.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Mr Dohle,
We refer to your e-mail dated 20/05/2014 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 26/05/2014 under reference GestDem N°
2014-2553.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) N° 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 10/07/2014.
We apologise for this delay and any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely.
Dear Mr Dohle,
Thank you for your request for access to documents. Unfortunately you have
not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and
handling your request in line with the procedural requirements.
Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience.
Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the treatment of your
request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your
request:
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4/rc)
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Dear Mr Dohle,
We refer to our e-mail of June 25, to which we do not believe we got an
answer.
The postal address we possess as far as you are concerned is the following
:
Reimserstrasse 47
52074 Aachen
Germany
Unless you object during five working days, the reply to your request for
access to documents will be sent to this address.
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4)
From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:06 PM
To: '[FOI #1350 email]'
Subject: Your request for access to documents Gestdem 2014/2553
Dear Mr Dohle,
Thank you for your request for access to documents. Unfortunately you have
not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and
handling your request in line with the procedural requirements.
Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience.
Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the treatment of your
request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your
request:
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4/rc)
References
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1. http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Dear Sir,
Please find below a message sent to you on July 1st, 2014 which may not
have reached you due to IT problems on the AsktheEU webpage.
Kind regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS (PSc)
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European Commission
Secretariat General
B4 – Transparency
From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Tuesday 8 July 2014 15:29
To: '[FOI #1350 email]'
Subject: Your request for access to documents Gestdem 2014-2553
Dear Mr Dohle,
We refer to our e-mail of June 25, to which we do not believe we got an
answer.
The postal address we possess as far as you are concerned is the following
:
Reimserstrasse 47
52074 Aachen
Germany
Unless you object during five working days, the reply to your request for
access to documents will be sent to this address.
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4)
From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:06 PM
To: '[FOI #1350 email]'
Subject: Your request for access to documents Gestdem 2014/2553
Dear Mr Dohle,
Thank you for your request for access to documents. Unfortunately you have
not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and
handling your request in line with the procedural requirements.
Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience.
Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the treatment of your
request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your
request:
[2]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4/rc)
References
Visible links
2. http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Dear Mr Dohle,
Kindly find herewith a letter concerning your application for access to
documents (gestdem 2014/2553).
Yours sincerely,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence.
Berl. 05/329.
Dear SG,
Thank you for your reply of 16 July informing me that President Barroso did not receive any correspondence from members of Euradopt.
The remainder of my request is still unanswered. See below.
I hereby request an internal review, as the legal time limit has expired on 10 July.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear Mr Dohle,
We have received your request of access to the following documents:
- any letters received from members of Euradopt by the respective
Commissioners and/or Commissioner Olli Rehn, Franco Frattini, Jacques
Barrot and President Barroso. Including responses given, related internal
notes and phone logs.
Period 2005 - 2009.
- Euradopt Members and respective Commissioner:
· AMARNA -Belgian Commissioner
· Sourires d'Enfants - French Commissioners
· AC International Child Support - Danish Commissioner
· DanAdopt - Danish Commissioner
· Interpedia - Finnish Commissioner
· Save the Children Finland Pelastakaa Lapset - Finnish
Commissioner
· Païdia 87bis - French Commissioners
· Protestant Adoption Center (Evangelischer Verein für Adoptions-
und Pflegekindervermittlung Rheinland e.V.)- German Commissioner
· PARENTS-CHILD-BRIDGE (Diakonische Werk - Eltern-Kind-Brücke
e.V.)- German Commissioner
· Family For You - Austrian Commissioner
· Amici dei Bambini - Italian Commissioner
· CIAI - Italian Commissioner
· Wereldkinderen (Netherlands Intercountry Child Welfare
Organisation. Organization)- Dutch Commissioner
· Kind en Toekomst (Child and Future) - Dutch
Commissioner
· Meiling - Dutch Commissioner
· Adoptionscentrum - Swedish Commissioner
· FFIA(Familjeföreningen för Internationell Adoption)- Swedish
Commissioner
· Swedish Friends of Children (Barnens Vänner)- Swedish
Commissioner
Your application is currently being handled.
As you know, part of the request will be handled by the departments in the
Secretariat General of the Commission. However, DG JUSTICE has been
charged to deal with almost all the requested correspondence.
You are asking for documents which were falling into the competence of 12
different Commissioners in the former Commission mandate. All documents of
former Cabinets are currently in the historical archive.
Researches and retrieval of documents in the historical archives require
more time and many of them will furthermore require consultation with
third parties. In this context, we will not be in the position to complete
the handling of your application within the assigned time limit, which is
19 June 2014.
We have therefore to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents.
The new time limit expires on 10/7/2014. Our department will do all the
necessary to provide you with a final reply within the new deadline, but
we may come back to you should the consultation process take more time
than foreseen.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
The activity of European Commission departments is likely to be reduced
during August. We will handle your requests for access to documents as
soon as possible. However, some delays may occur, especially where the
processing of data requires the consultation of national administrations,
external organisations or other services.
* * *
L'activité des services de la Commission européenne étant réduite durant
le mois d'août, vos demandes d'accès aux documents seront traitées dans
les meilleurs délais. Toutefois, certains retards peuvent se produire, en
particulier lorsque le traitement des données exige la consultation des
administrations nationales, d’organisations extérieures ou d’autres
services.
* * *
Die Tätigkeiten der Dienststellen der Europäischen Kommission sind im
August reduziert; Ihre Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden dennoch so
schnell wie möglich bearbeitet. Allerdings können Verzögerungen auftreten,
insbesondere wenn die Berarbeitung der Anträge die Konsultierung der
nationalen Verwaltungen, externer Organisationen oder anderer
Dienststellen erforderlich macht.
Dear Mr Dohle,
The reply to your request registered under reference GESTDEM 2014/2552 has been sent to you today by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt.
JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Sir,
Please find attached a reply to your internal review request (Gestdem 2014/2552).
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS (PS)
European Commission
Secretariat General
B4 – Transparency
Dear General Secretarial, DG Justice,
I have received part of the requested documents by registered mail. It concerns GestDem 2014/2552 and thank you for that.
However, I hereby kindly request you to also make those documents available in electronic format on the website Ask the EU.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear Secretariat General,
I hereby hand in a Confirmatory Appeal concerning GESTDEM 2014/2552.
I have received a reply from DG Justice dated 12 August 2014 by normal (snail) mail.
I have since asked to make this public through the website Ask The EU. However, I have to repeat my request.
Moreover, I hereby hand in a confirmatory appeal because I have not yet received a reply related to the letters as referenced in DG Justice's letter as 5, 8 and 16.
Looking forward to your reply,
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear General Secretariat,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to remind you about the handling of the Confirmatory Appeal for FOI request 'Correspondence members Euradopt with European Commissioners'.
It concerns GESTDEM 2014/2552 - attached below.
The time limit of 24 November 2014 has passed.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/corre...
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
From: Arun Dohle
November 02, 2014
Dear Secretariat General,
I hereby hand in a Confirmatory Appeal concerning GESTDEM
2014/2552.
I have received a reply from DG Justice dated 12 August 2014 by
normal (snail) mail.
I have since asked to make this public through the website Ask The
EU. However, I have to repeat my request.
Moreover, I hereby hand in a confirmatory appeal because I have not
yet received a reply related to the letters as referenced in DG
Justice's letter as 5, 8 and 16.
Looking forward to your reply,
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear Sir,
I hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access to documents, sent by email on 02 November 2014 and registered today [ref. Ares(2014)4029025].
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive an answer to your request within 15 working days (23 December 2014). In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit SG.B4 – Transparency
Dear Mr Dohle,
By registered mail of 25/11/2014, we have sent to you the third batch of
documents covered by your request.
Concerning your request to have all the replies and documents for which
access has been granted published on the ask-the-EU platform, we would
like to inform you that sometimes, due to technical reasons, the platform
does not allow for the upload of the documents.
(Please see copy of the "non-deliverable" message we received when we
tried to upload the second series of document in September. We decided on
that occasion to send them to your personal e-mail as we could grant full
access and there was no transmission via registered mail).
We are trying now to upload again all the documents to which we have
provided access (full or partial) in August and September 2014, without
prejudice to the rules concerning the deadlines for a confirmative
request, which starts from the day you acknowledge receipt of the
registered mail, whenever this is necessary to ensure legal certainty of
the date of the Commission reply.
Yours sincerely,
JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Mr Dohle,
Please find attached a note for your attention regarding your confirmatory
application GestDem 2014/2552.
Best regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS (NL)
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European Commission
Secretariat General
B4 – Transparency
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Dear Mr Dohle,
Following our e-mail dated 16/12/2014 and the confirmation of the German
postal services that the registered mail dated 25/11/2014 was received,
please find enclosed in electronic format the third batch of documents
covered by the above mentioned request.
Yours sincerely,
JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
From: JUST ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:08 PM
To: '[FOI #1350 email]'
Cc: JUST ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: Your request of access to documents registered under reference
GESTDEM 2014/2552
Dear Mr Dohle,
By registered mail of 25/11/2014, we have sent to you the third batch of
documents covered by your request.
Concerning your request to have all the replies and documents for which
access has been granted published on the ask-the-EU platform, we would
like to inform you that sometimes, due to technical reasons, the platform
does not allow for the upload of the documents.
(Please see copy of the "non-deliverable" message we received when we
tried to upload the second series of document in September. We decided on
that occasion to send them to your personal e-mail as we could grant full
access and there was no transmission via registered mail).
We are trying now to upload again all the documents to which we have
provided access (full or partial) in August and September 2014, without
prejudice to the rules concerning the deadlines for a confirmative
request, which starts from the day you acknowledge receipt of the
registered mail, whenever this is necessary to ensure legal certainty of
the date of the Commission reply.
Yours sincerely,
JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Sir,
Please find attached an advance copy of our reply to your confirmatory
application for access to documents (GestDem 2014/2552).
The original document will also be sent to you by registered mail.
Kind regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (PS)
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit SG.B4 – Transparency
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Time limit 24 November 2014