Infringement case Netherlands electric fishing

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Dear Madam, Sir,

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:

All documents related to the infringement case INFR(2019)4002, relating to the Netherlands' failure to comply with Union law on the use of electric fishing by the Netherlands

Since the case has been closed on 19 May 2022, article 4.2 of Regulation 1049/2001 does not apply here. Even if it were to be argued that it does, there is an overriding public interest, because of the importance of correct and swift transposition of the Directive - which is meant to guarantee protect citizens against harmful environmental noise

Please note I prefer to receive the documents in digital format, not by physical mail.

Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054 HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Your request for access to documents has been registered. This message is
an acknowledgement of receipt.

In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a
reply within 15 working days (20/06/2022).

Document request: All documents related to the infringement case
INFR(2019)4002, relating to the Netherlands' failure to comply with Union
law on the use of electric fishing by the Netherlands

Commission reference: GESTDEM 2022/3044.

Yours faithfully,

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[4]Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/3044 -
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Dear applicant,

 

We refer to your e-mail of  25 May 2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on the same day under the above mentioned
reference number.

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 20 June 2022.

 

An extended time limit is needed as:

·        the application concerns a very large number of documents;

• in order to retrieve the documents requested, large files had to be
examined;
• part of the documents identified originate from Member States and
third parties, which have to be consulted;
• and the application concerns documents originating from different
Services, which must be consulted.

 

Therefore, we have 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 11 July 2022.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours faithfully,

MARE ACCESS DOCUMENTS TEAM

 

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Dear Mr Teffer,

Please, find attached a letter regarding your application for access to documents - Ref. GESTDEM 2022/3044.

Best regards,
MARE E4

Dear Madam, Sir,

I refer to your letter regarding my application for access to documents GESTDEM 2022/3044, dated 29 June 2022. I accept your proposal for a fair solution to limit the scope of my request to the documents corresponding to the category “infringement procedure” indicated in the list of documents (8 documents). In return, I expect that the request can be handled within the (extended) time limit.

Thank you and good luck finalising the reply.

Sincerely,
Peter Teffer

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Dear Sir,

You may find attached our reply with regard to your access to documents request registered under ref. Gestdem 2022/3044.

We kindly ask you to acknowledge receipt of this email containing our reply to your request.

Kind regards,
MARE ACCESS TEAM

Dear Madam, Sir

I refer to access to documents request Gestdem 2022/3044. I confirm receipt of your reply and the documents.

Many thanks,
Peter Teffer