Regulatory Scrutiny Board interest declarations

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Dear Madam, Sir

Members of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board are required to make a declaration of commitment to act independently in the public interest and to declare any interests, which might be considered prejudicial to his/her independence.

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 declarations of interests done by current and past members of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board since the RSB was established in 2015.

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

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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
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im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretariat General of the European Commission

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail of 31/05/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
31/05/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3144.

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 22/06/2022. 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 problems linked to the use of this system.

Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission.
For further information on your rights, please refer to the third party’s
privacy policy.

We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.

If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence. In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
Privacy statement – access to documents.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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REGULATORY SCRUTINY BOARD, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr. Teffer,

Please find enclosed the reply to your request for access to documents registered under the above-mentioned reference number.

We would appreciate it if you could confirm the receipt of this e-mail by replying to [email address].

Best regards,
Regulatory Scrutiny Board Secretariat

Dear Madam, Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail sent on 22 June 2022, in response to my access to documents request which was registered on 31/05/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3144.

It seems that there is a misunderstanding about the content of my request. If you are able to send a new reply that deals with this misunderstanding, that would have my preference. If that is not possible, please consider this to be a confirmatory application, and please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.

In your reply to my application, you quoted article 4.1 from the Decision setting up the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, which deals with the disclosure of "any potential conflict of interest with respect to a particular report". You stated that the procedure referred to in this article "has never been applied so far" and that thus "the Commission does not hold any documents" that correspond to my request.

But my request related to the declaration on the commitment to act independently in the public interest, which members are required to make BEFORE taking office. The requirement cited in article 4.1 deals with specific reports, while the requirement I referred to is one of a general nature.

This requirement is cited in vacancy notices such as the 'Publication of a vacancy for a Member of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board at grade AD 14 (Principal Adviser)' published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 11.12.2020 (COM/2020/10398 - (2020/C 428 A/01)). This vacancy says literally:

"Independence and declaration of interests
Before taking up his/her duties, the Principal Advisor will be required to make a declaration of commitment to act independently in the public interest and to declare any interests, which might be considered prejudicial to his/her independence."

Looking forward to a new reply.
best
Peter Teffer

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

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretariat General of the European Commission

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email dated 22/06/2022 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 RSB in
reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2022/3144.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 24/06/2022 (Ares(2022)4632376).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (15/07/2022). 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 (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/3144 - 1st holding letter -
Ares(2022)5133188  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
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Dear Mr Teffer,

 

I refer to your email of 22 June 2022, registered on 24 June 2022, by
which you submit 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 expires on 15 July 2022. Consequently, we have
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
8 August 2022.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

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

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Dear Madam, Sir

I refer to my confirmatory application for access to documents which was registered on 24/06/2022 (Ares(2022)4632376), and your decision to extend the time-limit to reply.

Article 8.2 of Regulation 1049/2001 says: "In exceptional cases, for example in the event of an application relating to a very long document or to a very large number of documents, the time limit provided for in paragraph 1 may be extended by 15 working days, provided that the applicant is notified in advance and that detailed reasons are given."

An extended time limit is thus only possible in "exceptional cases" and when "detailed reasons are given".

The only (not very detailed) reason you have now given me for the need to extend the time limit is that you "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". Gather all the elements needed to carry out a full analysis of a request are part of the standard work of handling an access to documents request, which the regulation requires is done within 15 working days.

Can you explain why you believe that reason to qualify as "detailed reasons" that show my application is an "exceptional" case?

Sincerely
Peter Teffer

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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 Mr Teffer,

 

Thank you for your e-mail.

 

When assessing a confirmatory application for access to documents
submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the
Secretariat-General conducts a fresh review of the reply given by the
Directorate-General concerned at the initial stage.

 

In this case, the review includes the assessment of your confirmatory
request, the identification of possible documents falling under the scope
of your requests and, as the case may be, the assessment of those.
Furthermore, the procedure until the adoption of the confirmatory decision
requires the consultation of the services, including of the Legal Service,
in order to be signed by the Secretary General. Therefore, more time is
required for finalising the procedure.

 

However, we would like to assure you that we are handling your request and
are doing our utmost to provide you with a reply as soon as possible.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

 

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SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretariat General of the European Commission

1 Attachment

Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [3]themeData
Link: [4]colorSchemeMapping

[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/3144 - 2nd holding letter -
Ares(2022)5630574  (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 Teffer,

 

I refer to your email of 22 June 2022, registered on 24 June 2022, by
which you submit 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.

 

I also refer to our holding reply of 14 July 2022, by which the time limit
for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15 working
days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. This extended time
limit expires on 8 August 2022.

 

Unfortunately, we still have not 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. However, I can assure you that we are
doing our utmost to provide you with a final reply as soon as possible.

 

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

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

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

 

 

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Dear Mrs Daca,

I refer to my confirmatory application for access to documents which was registered on 24/06/2022 (Ares(2022)4632376), and the Commission's inability to reply within the time-limit. I also refer to my e-mail from 15 July 2022, and your e-mail from 4 August 2022.

In that e-mail you tell me:

"In this case, the review includes the assessment of your confirmatory request, the identification of possible documents falling under the scope of your requests and, as the case may be, the assessment of those. Furthermore, the procedure until the adoption of the confirmatory decision requires the consultation of the services, including of the Legal Service, in order to be signed by the Secretary General. Therefore, more time is required for finalising the procedure."

But this description of events is not specific to my case. ALL confirmatory applications require the assessment of the confirmatory request, the identification of possible documents falling under the scope of your requests and, as the case may be, the assessment of those, as well as consultation of the services and a signature.

You cannot argue that my case is an exceptional cases, by describing a regular case. You have thus not provided me with "detailed reasons" to show my application is an "exceptional" case.

Sincerely
Peter Teffer

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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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[5]1st holding letter 2022-3550 - Ares(2022)5758678  (Please use this link
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Dear Mr Teffer,

 

I refer to your email of 25 July 2022, registered on the same day, by
which you submit 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 finalize the internal consultations 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 expires 16 August 2022.
Consequently, we have 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 6 September 2022.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. However, I can assure you that we are doing
our utmost to provide you with a final reply as soon as possible.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

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

 

 

 

 

From: FIDANOVA Aneliya (SG)
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:24 PM
To: SG DOSSIERS ACCES <[6][email address]>
Subject: RE: holding letter 2022-3550

 

Dear colleagues,

Could you please send the holding letter below to the applicant? Thanks!
best,

Aneliya

 

From: FIDANOVA Aneliya (SG)
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:24 PM
To: SG DOSSIERS ACCES <[7][email address]>
Subject: holding letter 2022-3550

 

Dear Mr Teffer,

 

I refer to your email of 25 July 2022, registered on the same day, by
which you submit 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 finalize the internal consultations 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 expires 16 August 2022.
Consequently, we have 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 7 September 2022.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. However, I can assure you that we are doing
our utmost to provide you with a final reply as soon as possible.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

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

 

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SG-GREFFE-CERTIFICATION@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Peter Teffer,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision
C(2022)6155 as adopted by the European Commission on 22.8.2022.

 

The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.

 

Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dimitra PROTOPSALTI

SG.B2 Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation

 

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European Commission
Secretariat-General

 

BERL 005/155
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél: (+32) 2 29 56750

 

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Dear Mr Peter Teffer,

 

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

It is very important for us.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dimitra PROTOPSALTI

SG.B2 Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation

 

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European Commission
Secretariat-General

 

BERL 005/155
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél: (+32) 2 29 56750

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 11:40 AM
To: [FOI #11361 email]
Cc: CORINALDESI Lorenza (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2022)6155 addressed to Mr Peter Teffer

 

Dear Mr Peter Teffer,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision
C(2022)6155 as adopted by the European Commission on 22.8.2022.

 

The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.

 

Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dimitra PROTOPSALTI

SG.B2 Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation

 

[2]cid:image001.png@01D7CA95.913B9D20

European Commission
Secretariat-General

 

BERL 005/155
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél: (+32) 2 29 56750

 

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Dear Mrs Protopsalti

I confirm receipt of the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2022)6155 as adopted by the European Commission on 22.8.2022.

Sincerely
Peter Teffer

Dear Madam, Sir,

I refer to my application for access to documents registered on 31 May 2022 under GESTDEM 2022/3144, and my confirmatory application registered on 24 June 2022 (Ares(2022)4632376).

The extended time limit to reply expired on 8 August 2022. That day, I was informed that the Commission was unable to reply to my confirmatory request within the prescribed time limit.

Unless I am mistaken, that is the last time I heard from the Commission regarding this file.

Can you inform me of the status of my application, and when you except to send me the final decision?

Sincerely
Peter Teffer

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretariat General of the European Commission

[1]FW: C(2022)6155 addressed to Mr Peter Teffer - Ares(2022)6908302 
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Dear Mr Teffer,

Thank you for your e-mail.

We understand your concerns and we truly apologise for the delay incurred
by the handling of your request, which indeed is overdue.

Considering that the internal consultations in relation to your
application have not yet been finalised, unfortunately we cannot commit to
a specific time frame within when the final decision will be adopted. 

However, we would like to assure you that we are working on the final
decision in relation to your request.

Thank you for your understanding. 

Kind regards,

Access to documents team
SG.C.1
Transparency
Berl. 07/251

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Dear Madam, Sir

I refer to my application for access to documents registered on 31 May 2022 under GESTDEM 2022/3144, and my confirmatory application registered on 24 June 2022 (Ares(2022)4632376). I also refer to my e-mail from 3 October 2022 in which I requested the status of my application.

On 6 October 2022, you acknowledged the handling of my request was indeed overdue. Although I of course accept your apology, it is difficult to be "assured" that you are working on the final discussion, as you claimed, when another month goes by.

Another apology is not necessary, but rather, I would appreciate it if the Commission adhered to the rule of law by respecting the time limits from Regulation 1049/2001.

Sincerely
Peter Teffer

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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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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Sent complaint to the European Ombudsman regarding GESTDEM 2022/3144 (Regulatory Scrutiny Board) on 6 December 2022

Dear Madam, Sir,

I confirm receipt of the Commission's decision regarding my confirmatory application on GESTDEM 2022/3144, on 12 December 2022.

Sincerely
Peter Teffer

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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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2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...

Peter left an annotation ()

Reply and documents accidentally received in different AsktheEU thread (RRF NL 3, GESTDEM 2022/3170)