The 181th-210th Commission replies to confirmatory applications issued in 2019

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Maarten Hillebrandt

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:

The 181st to the 210th final decisions by the European Commission in confirmatory application procedures under Regulation 1049/2001 issued in 2019. (An initial request for access to the first 180 documents of this category was already made in six previous requests.)

The purpose for my request is academic research.

As with my previous highly similar request, explicitly excluded from my request are:
- Any personal data contained in these decision documents - which means that the Commission need not spend any time contacting third parties, and that I agree to the Commission pre-emptively suppressing the contents of any such sections.
- Any related documents - I am exclusively interested in the documents issuing decisions and the legal justification contained therein.

Moreover, where English-language versions of the documents are available, I seek access merely to the version in that language.

Since the current request is nearly identical in scope to my previous requests, I trust that no search for a fair solution procedure will be needed, so that the request can be handled in the shortest possible time frame.

In case any of the documents included in my request were already proactively published, I kindly request you to refer me to the precise URL at which they can be located.

My postal address is:
Dr. Maarten Hillebrandt
University of Helsinki
Faculty of Law
Eric Castrén Institute
Yliopistonkatu 3
00101 Helsinki
Finland

Although I kindly request you to send all relevant documents also in digital form to my email address: [email address].

Yours faithfully,
Maarten Hillebrandt

ve_sg.accessdoc (SG), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Commission replies to confirmatory applications issued in 2019 --- Ref.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maarten Hillebrandt <[FOI #8808 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 11:51 AM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: access to documents request - The 181th-210th Commission replies
to confirmatory applications issued in 2019

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:

The 181st to the 210th final decisions by the European Commission in
confirmatory application procedures under Regulation 1049/2001 issued in
2019. (An initial request for access to the first 180 documents of this
category was already made in six previous requests.)

The purpose for my request is academic research.

As with my previous highly similar request, explicitly excluded from my
request are:
- Any personal data contained in these decision documents - which means
that the Commission need not spend any time contacting third parties, and
that I agree to the Commission pre-emptively suppressing the contents of
any such sections.
- Any related documents - I am exclusively interested in the documents
issuing decisions and the legal justification contained therein.

Moreover, where English-language versions of the documents are available,
I seek access merely to the version in that language.

Since the current request is nearly identical in scope to my previous
requests, I trust that no search for a fair solution procedure will be
needed, so that the request can be handled in the shortest possible time
frame.

In case any of the documents included in my request were already
proactively published, I kindly request you to refer me to the precise URL
at which they can be located.

My postal address is:
Dr. Maarten Hillebrandt
University of Helsinki
Faculty of Law
Eric Castrén Institute
Yliopistonkatu 3
00101 Helsinki
Finland

Although I kindly request you to send all relevant documents also in
digital form to my email address: [email address].

Yours faithfully,
Maarten Hillebrandt

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached an advance copy of the reply to your initial request
for access to documents registered under reference number GESTDEM
2020/7220.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

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