Religious organisations lobbying on TF50
Dear Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom,
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:
1) A list of all lobby meetings held by the Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the UK with any organisation representing churches and/or religious communities since the creation of the taskforce itself onwards.
2) I would further like to request all agendas, emails, minutes/notes of meetings, reports, position papers or any other briefing papers related to those lobby meetings.
Yours faithfully,
Álvaro Merino
Ricardo Ortiz Street 61
28017 Madrid
[1]Ares(2019)37794 - FW: access to documents request - Religious
organisations lobbying on TF50 --- Ref. Gestdem 2019/61
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 26/12/2018. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
07/01/2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/61.
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.
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Yours faithfully,
Carlos Remis
SG.C.1
Transparence
Berl. 05/315
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[5]Ares(2019)380450 - Your application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2018/6966
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Dear Mr Merino,
I refer to your e-mail of 26 December 2018, registered on the same day, by
which you make a request for access to documents, under the above
mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. Unfortunately, we have not
yet been able to gather all the elements we need to carry out a full
analysis of your request in order to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 24 January 2019. Consequently, we have
to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 7(3) of Regulation 1049/2001. The new deadline is 14 February
2019.
However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with
a final reply within the next 15 working days. I regret this additional
delay and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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Dear Mr Merino,
Further to your email on the above mentioned request for access to
documents, please find enclosed a letter and annexes from the Task Force
for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United
Kingdom under Article 50 TEU (TF50).
The letter has been sent also by registered post.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the
United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU (TF50)
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
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[5]Ares(2019)891189 - Your confirmatory application for access to
documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – GESTDEM 2018/6966
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Dear Mr Merino,
I refer to your email of 26 December 2018, registered on the same day, by
which you submit a request for access to documents under Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents[6]^[1] ("Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001").
I also refer to our holding reply of 24 January 2019, by which the time
limit for replying to your request was extended by 15 working days,
pursuant to Article 7(3) of the Regulation. This extended time limit
expires on 14 February 2019.
I regret to have to inform you that we will not be able to respond within
the extended time-limit. As mentioned in our first holding reply, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements required to carry out a full
analysis of your request in order to take a decision.
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 sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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[8][1] Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
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Dear María Oliván,
I appreciate your notice of delay, but I would like to know what "as soon as possible" exactly means. It has been almost two months already since I made use of my right of access to documents and I do not know anything about how the information requested is being handled.
Yours sincerely,
Álvaro Merino
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Dear Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom,
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 'Religious organisations lobbying on TF50'.
Despite of having been told that the time limit for replying to my request was extended by 15 working days (which expired on 14 February 2019), I have not received a final answer.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/reli...
Yours faithfully,
Álvaro Merino
Ares(2019)1814681
Dear Mr Merino,
Following your request Gestdem 2019/0061, on 24 January 2019, the Task
Force sent you the final reply with two annexes to the e-mail
[1][FOI #6241 email] (see the e-mail in the
attachment and also on
[2]https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/reli...).
The reply and annexes can therefore be retrieved on the link that you
provided in your complaint!
The deadline was never extended as you claim in your complaint. The
deadline for the reply was 28/01/2019 and the Task Force sent the final
reply on 24/01/2019.
On the same day, the task Force also sent the reply by registered mail
with AR to the address that you provided.
However, the letter has been returned to the Commission with the remarks:
"Desconocido - Inconnu" (see the scanned letter in the second attachment).
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that a real and personal
postal address is not only appropriate but also strictly necessary for the
performance of effective access to documents.
We therefore kindly urge you to please provide a real and valid postal
address, so as to enable us to duly register and deal with your
application for access to documents.
Kind regards,
European Commission
Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the
United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU (TF50)
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom,
In the answer given by María Oliván on the 14th of February she stated the following:
"I regret to have to inform you that we will not be able to respond within the extended time-limit. As mentioned in our first holding reply, we have not yet been able to gather all the elements required to carry out a full analysis of your request in order to take a decision.
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".
As such, I understood that my request was still being handled and that not all documents had been sent. In any case, I see now that it was just an administrative mistake and my petition was indeed closed.
On the other hand, with regard to the address I provided in my request, there is a number missing. My apologies. Here you have the right one:
Álvaro Merino
Calle Ricardo Ortiz 61, 1B
28017 Madrid
Yours faithfully,
Álvaro Merino.
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Dear Mr Merino,
I refer to your e-mail of 20 March 2019, registered on the same date, 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.
I would like to inform you that your confirmatory application is currently
being handled. Unfortunately, due to ongoing consultations, we are not in
a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the prescribed
time limit expiring on 10 April 2019. 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 May 2019.
I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final
reply as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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[5]Ares(2019)3041449 - Your confirmatory application for access to
documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – GESTDEM 2018/6966
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Dear Mr Merino,
I refer to your email of 20 March 2019, 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[6]^[1] (‘Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001’).
I also refer to our holding reply of 10 April 2019, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Regulation. This extended
time limit expires on 7 May 2019.
I regret to have to inform you that we will not be able to respond within
the extended time-limit, as we have not yet finalised internal and
III.party consultations.
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 sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
European Commission
Secretariat General
SG.C.1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
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Dear Alvaro Merino,
Please find attached a copy of the confirmatory decision taken on your
request for access to documents registered under Gestdem number 2018/6966,
adopted on 05/07/2019.
Please note that the Secretariat-General of the European Commission will
proceed with the formal notification of the decision in the coming days.
This copy is solely sent for your information and is not the formal
notification of the confirmatory decision.
Best regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
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