Letter of Office MEP Elmar Brok
Arun Dohle made this access to documents request to Secretariat General of the European Commission
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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:
Letter of Dr. Michael Kambeck Head of Office of MEP Elmar Brok concerning Romanian children, date: 20/06/2005 and all documents related.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Against Child Trafficking
Keizersgracht 482
1017EG Amsterdam
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
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[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
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registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
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Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
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aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
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informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
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Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
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im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 15/04/2024 and registered on 15/04/2024 under the case number
2024/2020.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 07/05/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Dohle,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 15 April 2024 under case number EASE 2024/2020.
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 7 May 2024, due to time needed for
further internal consultations.
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 30 May 2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
NEAR ACCDOC Team
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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 'Letter of Office MEP Elmar Brok'.
Time limit expired.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/lett...
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/2020, sent on 31/05/2024 and registered on 31/05/2024.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 21/06/2024. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case EASE 2024/2020 registered on 31 May 2024.
We are currently working on your confirmatory 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 21 June 2024.
A new deadline is needed as consultations regarding your file are still
ongoing.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) 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 12 July 2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG C.1 Access to Documents Team
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Dear applicant,
We are writing to you concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case EASE 2024/2020, registered on 30 May 2024.
On 21 June 2024, we extended the time-limit for replying to your
confirmatory request to 12 July 2024.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to send you the reply within this
extended time limit as the consutations regarding your file are still
ongoing and more work has to be done.
However, we assure you that we are doing our best to send a reply to your
confirmatory request as soon as possible.
We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG C.1 Access to Documents Team
Dear Sir,
You have been informed by the Secretariat-General that twenty boxes of
documents related to the situation of Romanian orphanages and childcare
system as well as to EU-funded child protection projects in Romania
covering the period 1990-1995 are available in the Historical Archives of
the European Commission.
It was proposed to grant you access to these documents in a Commission
reading room in the Commission premises in Brussels, in line with
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Since you have not been able to agree on this fair solution proposal, your
access to documents request with ref. EASE 2024/1190 has been closed.
Therefore, we are closing your access to documents request with reference
EASE 2024/1441, since it also concerns documents available in paper format
in the Historical Archives of the European Commission.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
NEAR ACCDOC Team
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
DG NEAR is creating confusion by putting here a comment that is meant for this request.
https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/pres...
As you can see below, I had agreed on 23 April 2024 to the proposal to access the documents in a reading room in Brussels. Pls let us know when and where , so that we can prepare for someone to access the documents and scan them.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Arun Dohle April 23, 2024Delivered
Dear [email address],
Thank you.
We have received the documents and had them scanned at our expenses.
We fail to see how copying documents is less time consuming than scanning them. Let alone the waste of paper and the delivery cost.
Please continue the preparations for access in your reading room.
Yours sincerely,
Arun Dohle
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
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[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Mr Dohle,
Your requested has been transmitted to DG NEAR and the Historical Archives
of the Commission in charge of the assessment of the documents against
confidentiality or personal data.
Please note that due to the important volume of the documents requested,
the assessment is still ongoing and will come back to you once they will
be ready for disclosure.
Best regards
SG E1 Access to Documents
Dear Mr Dohle,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/2020.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
NEAR ACCDOC Team
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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 'Letter of Office MEP Elmar Brok'.
Considering that the autor of the letter is - as far as our analyses show,s - a public person, we request the blackening to be undone - or limited to names/adresses of third persons. And that children are made irrecognizable on pictures. Instead of bluntly blackening full pages.
It is in the public interest to have full transparency on how the European Commission is being worked on by lobbyists and interest groups on sensitive issues such as the Romanian Children File.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/lett...
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/2020.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/2020, sent on 02/10/2024 and registered on 22/10/2024.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 13/11/2024. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please re-open this case.
We had already handed in a confirmatory appeal concerning the original reply of DG NEAR>
On 2nd October we requested to reconsider the blackening - see below.
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Arun Dohle October 02, 2024Delivered
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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 'Letter of Office MEP Elmar Brok'.
Considering that the autor of the letter is - as far as our analyses show,s - a public person, we request the blackening to be undone - or limited to names/adresses of third persons. And that children are made irrecognizable on pictures. Instead of bluntly blackening full pages.
It is in the public interest to have full transparency on how the European Commission is being worked on by lobbyists and interest groups on sensitive issues such as the Romanian Children File.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/lett...
Yours faithfully,
Arun Dohle
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear applicant,
As explained in our closing letter (see attachement), we have closed your confirmatory application related to the lack of initial reply and reopened the case by registering your confirmatory request on the substance of 2 October 2024.
Therefore, we will deal with your confirmatory request on the substance registered on 22 October 2024 for which you received an acknowledgement of receipt on the same day.
Yours sincerely,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case EASE 2024/2020 registered on 22 October
2024.
We are currently working on your confirmatory 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 13 November 2024.
A new deadline is needed as the consultations regarding your case are
still ongoing.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) 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 4 December 2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.C1 Access to Documents Team
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