Guidance on coherence of legislation with global obligations
Dear Legal Service,
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:
A copy of the guidelines issued in relation to the requirement for EU legislation to be compliant with international agreements on trade standards made at institutions such as UNECE.
My address is;
313, Norman Shaw North,
House of Commons,
Westminster SW1A 0AA
Yours faithfully,
Lee Rotherham
Dear Mr Rotherham,
Thank you for your e-mail (sent to the legal service) dated 03/05/2016.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 18/05/2016 under reference number GestDem
2016/2664
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
08/06/2016. 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 faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
Dear Mr Rotherham,
We refer to your e-mail dated 03/05/2015 in which you make a request for
access to documents to the Legal Service of the Commission. Your
application was registered under 2016/2751 then reattributed to us and we
are currently handling it.
As we were not able to complete the handling of your application within
the time limit of 15 working days, which expires today, we have extended
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 29/06/2016.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
DG TRADE