Exchange between the offices of Karel Pinxten and Johannes Hahn

Budget did not have the information requested.

Dear Budget,

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 e-mail exchange between the offices of Karel Pinxten and Commissioner Johannes Hahn mentioned in an article published in French daily "Liberation" on December 1st, 2021

- All other documents, including e-mails and internal deliberations, regarding the hunting trip organised by the European Landowners' Organization that Commissioner Hahn participated in

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Fanta
Schönhauser Allee 6-7
10119 Berlin
Germany

Dear Budget,

can you please confirm that you have received my request?

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Fanta

BUDG-acces-documents@ec.europa.eu, Budget

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 3 December 2021. Unfortunately, due to a
technical error your request was processed and registered only today.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 10 December 2021 under reference number GESTDEM
2021/8034.

 

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 11
January 2022. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party 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
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Yours faithfully,

 

DG Budget Access to Documents team

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European Commission
Directorate-General for Budget

Unit 03 – Strategic Coordination and Communication

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B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

 

 

 

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HR-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Budget

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Dear applicant,

 

Please find herewith the reply to your request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Unit HR.E.2 "Appeals and Case Monitoring"

DG Human Resources and Security

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Dear Ms Ingestad,

I would like to clarify something about your reply. You write that my request concerns "possible correspondence that does not meet the above mentioned criteria and was therefore not registered by the European Commission." Can you please state whether the e-mails in question have been deleted or just not archived? Also, can you say which of the criteria you mentioned the e-mails in question did not meet?

Yours sincerely,

Alexander Fanta

Dear Budget,

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 'Exchange between the offices of Karel Pinxten and Johannes Hahn'.

You write that my request concerns "possible correspondence that does not meet the above mentioned criteria and was therefore not registered by the European Commission." You note that "the right of access as defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the institution, that is to say, documents
that are eligible for registration which means they must fulfil the following criteria: (i) the information relates
to the policies, activities or decisions falling within the institution's sphere of responsibility; (ii) the
information concerned is important and not short-lived; (iii) the information concerned has been drawn up or
received by the Commission."

The Commission's own Guidelines on document registration lists as examples of times to be registered (page 6) "information received from/sent to ... other EU institutions", as well as those "received from/sent to external stakeholders". I would like to note that the documents in question were indeed sent by another EU institution, the European Court of Auditors, and were in regard of an event organised by an external stakeholder, the European Landowners' Organization. This should mean they should be registered as documents falling under Regulation 1049/2001. The guidelines note that "in case the registration criteria were not applied
correctly, namely European Commission services kept unregistered documents and e-mails in their files
which should have been registered, the documents concerned are to be registered ex-post as soon as
they have been identified in the framework of a request for access to documents".

In any case, I would like the Commission to clarify whether the e-mails in question have been deleted or just not archived? Also, please state which of the criteria you mentioned the e-mails in question did not meet?

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Fanta

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your email dated 26 January 2022 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 DG BUDG in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/8034.

 

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 26 January 2022 (Ares(2022)612038).

 

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (16/02/2022). 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. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, 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 faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

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European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1

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HR-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Budget

Dear Mr Fanta,

Thank you for your e-mail of 15 January 2021.

Given that you also made a confirmatory request on 26 January 2021 as regards GESTDEM 2021/8034, the matter is dealt with by the Secretariat- General according to the relevant procedure.

Kind regards,

HR ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

European Commission
Directorate-General Human Resources and Security
Unit E2 Appeals and Case Monitoring
[email address]
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Administrative Correspondents  Legal Correspondents
Christine PATRON                         Kristina WITTKOPP
Nele VANHOEYVELT                     Olga TYTOŃ

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Ares(2022)1185319  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Mr Fanta,

 

I refer to your email of 26 January 2022, registered on the same day, by
which you submitted 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 (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.

 

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expired on 16 February 2022. Consequently, we
had to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on
9 March 2022. However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to
provide you with a final reply within the next 15 working days.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

 

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Dear Mr Fanta,

 

I am writing to you in reference to your email of 26 January 2022,
registered on the same day, by which you submitted a confirmatory
application in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents (hereafter Regulation 1049/2001).

 

I also refer to our holding reply dated 17 February 2022, by which the
time limit for replying to your confirmatory request was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Regulation. This extended
time limit expires on 9 March 2022.

 

Unfortunately, we are not yet in a position to provide you with our final
position within this deadline, as consultations between the Commission
services involved did not conclude before very recently. However, the
confirmatory decision concerning your application has now been finalised
and needs to be formally adopted within the Secretariat-General.
Therefore, I can assure you that we will transmit to you our final reply
within the upcoming days.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit
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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

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SG-GREFFE-CERTIFICATION@ec.europa.eu, Budget

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Dear Mr Alexander Fanta,

 

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision
C(2022)1950 as adopted by the European Commission on 23.3.2022.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

BEVIERE Chantal

 

European Commission

Secrétariat général de la Commission – Greffe B-2
Procédures écrites, habilitations, délégations et transmissions externes

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

+32 2-295.77.42

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Dear Mr, Ms

 

It is very important for us.

 

Please, could you please acknowledge the receipt of the document enclosed
in the message addressed to you ?

 

BEVIERE Chantal

 

European Commission

Secrétariat général de la Commission – Greffe B-2
Procédures écrites, habilitations, délégations et transmissions externes

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

+32 2-295.77.42

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From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 12:08 PM
To: [FOI #10320 email]
Cc: MORINI Belinda (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2022) 1950 - Alexander Fanta

 

Dear Mr Alexander Fanta,

 

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision
C(2022)1950 as adopted by the European Commission on 23.3.2022.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

BEVIERE Chantal

 

European Commission

Secrétariat général de la Commission – Greffe B-2
Procédures écrites, habilitations, délégations et transmissions externes

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

+32 2-295.77.42

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Dear [email address],

I received the attached letter.

Yours sincerely,

Alexander Fanta