Markus Ferber
Dear European Parliament,
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:
References to MEP Markus Ferber and his connection with an NGO called PeoplesFinancials and a Swiss company called Cfinancials, run by CEO Michael Heijmeijer between September 20, 2017 and Septemer 19, 2018.
- All minutes, agendas, summary, correspondence, memos and any other reports drafted and received by Parliament between September 20, 2017 and Septemer 19, 2018 related to the topic above.
Yours faithfully,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Rue de la Loi 62
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
Our reference: 2023-2822
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer ,
The European Parliament hereby acknowledges receipt of your message, which
was registered on May 30, 2023.
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Best regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
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Dear sir, madam
From what I understand of the response timeline, I should have heard back from you yesterday. Could I ask how long is the delay expected? Thanks very much.
Yours faithfully,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Dear Ms Smith-Meyer,
We apologise for this delay, which is linked to the procedure for
preparing and sending out Parliament's response via mail.
Please be assured that a response is being prepared and will reach you via
mail.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Best regards,
TRANSPARANCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for
Interinstitutional Affairs and
Legislative Coordination
[1][European Parliament request email]
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Our reference: 2023-2822
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
The European Parliament hereby acknowledges receipt of your confirmatory
application, which was registered on July 18, 2023.
All applications for public access to documents are treated in compliance
with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access
to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
In accordance with the above-mentioned Regulation, your application will
be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with
regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions,
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. A
detailed privacy statement is available [1]here.
The European Parliament reserves the right to ask for additional
information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Parliament’s implementing
measures.
Best regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[2][European Parliament request email]
[3]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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Our reference: 2023-2822
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
The time limit for responding to your application for public access to
documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, as registered on May 30,
2023, expires today, on Aug 9, 2023.
However, our consultations are taking more time than expected, so that
Parliament must exceptionally extend the time limit provided by Article
7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 by a further 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation in order to reply to your
application.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. We thank you for your
understanding.
Best regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[1][European Parliament request email]
[2]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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Dear European Parliament,
Is there any update? I note that the extra 15 days requested have come and gone. Many thanks
Yours faithfully,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
The decision relating to your confirmatory application with reference 2023-2882C has been sent to you by post on September 1st. According to our delivery service, it has been delivered on September 4th to the address you provided.
You can find further information here: https://www.dhl.com/be-en/home/tracking/....
The address for delivery is the same as the one registered for your initial application:
Rue de la Loi 62, 1030 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Could you please confirm whether the letter was correctly delivered?
Thank you and kind regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[European Parliament request email]
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
Mr Smith-Meyer,
Apologies, the correct postal code is 1040, which is the one used for the delivery.
Kind regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[European Parliament request email]
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
Dear TRANSPARENCY UNIT,
The letter was at the bottom of the company inbox. I can confirm receipt of letter D309513 that reaffirms the Parliament's position to withhold documents (3) and (9). When will you send the remaining documents?
Yours sincerely,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
Thank you for confirming the receipt of the letter dated 1 September 2023, in response to your confirmatory application with reference 2023-2882C.
Your confirmatory request (see attached) concerns Parliament's initial decision to refuse access to documents (3) and (9). Therefore, documents (3) and (9) were the only documents considered by Parliament in its response. The initial decision to refuse public access to those two letters was confirmed accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[European Parliament request email]
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
Dear TRANSPARENCY UNIT,
That's fine. But I never received the other documents from the initial request. When will they be forthcoming?
Yours sincerely,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
Thank you for your message.
The documents Parliament has granted access to in response to your initial request have been published on Parliament's Public Register of documents, at the following link: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreW....
The link and the register reference to those two documents are also reported in Parliament's letter of July 3rd, on the last page, under footnote number 8.
Yours sincerely,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[European Parliament request email]
www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb