Turkish pressure on European media/journalists

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Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

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:

anything related to the pressure by Turkey to limit the freedom of speech of the European media/journalists. Including, but not limited, to internal and external requests/minutes/briefings, and communication with the Commissioner/Cabinet or the First Vice President and his Cabinet.

Yours faithfully,

Arun Dohle

My physical address is known and remains unchanged

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

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Dear M. Dohle,

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 26/04/2016.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
29/04/2016.

Please note that your request has been split into two parts :

 

GESTDEM 2016/2302 :   DG NEAR            will reply for the part
concerning : Commissioner/Cabinet

GESTDEM 2016/2303 :    SGE3                    will reply for the part
concerning : First Vice President and his Cabinet

 

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
26/05/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private 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.

 

Can you confirm that your postal address is : Viktoriastr. 46 52066 Aachen
?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General

Unit B4 - Transparency

 

 

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Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

Thank you for your confirmation of registration.

Please take note that my request also was directed to DG NEAR.

Yours faithfully,

Arun Dohle

Arun Dohle left an annotation ()

time limit 26 May 2016

Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

I confirm my address.

Yours faithfully,

Arun Dohle

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Dear Mr Dohle,

We refer to your e-mail dated 26/04/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 29/04/2016 under the above mentioned
reference number.

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 26/05/2016.

An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties which have been consulted.

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 16/06/2016.

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours faithfully,

Martti Kalaus

SG.E3: International Dimension (including G7/G20)

European Commission

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

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Dear Mr Dohle,

 

We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 29/04/2016
under the above mentioned reference numbers.

 

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days. An extended time limit is needed because
different services must be consulted.

 

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit in accordance with Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents.
The new time limit will expire on 16/06/2016.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

NEAR ACCDOC.

 

From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:04 AM
To: '[FOI #2862 email]'
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Turkish pressure on European
media/journalists - GESTDEM 2016/2302 & 2016/2303

 

Dear M. Dohle,

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 26/04/2016.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
29/04/2016.

Please note that your request has been split into two parts :

 

GESTDEM 2016/2302 :   DG NEAR            will reply for the part
concerning : Commissioner/Cabinet

GESTDEM 2016/2303 :    SGE3                    will reply for the part
concerning : First Vice President and his Cabinet

 

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
26/05/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private 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.

 

Can you confirm that your postal address is : Viktoriastr. 46 52066 Aachen
?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General

Unit B4 - Transparency

 

 

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Arun Dohle left an annotation ()

Extended Time Limit 16 June 2016

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

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Dear Mr Dohle,

We refer to your request in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 29/04/2016 under the above mentioned reference
number.

 

We enclose copies of the documents requested.

 

You may reuse the documents requested free of charge for non-commercial
and commercial purposes provided that the source is acknowledged, that you
do not distort the original meaning or message of the document. Please
note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the
reuse.

 

You will also receive a paper copy of the documents by post – REGISTERED
mail – to the address you communicated in your request.

 

Yours faithfully,

Martti Kalaus

SG.E3: International Dimension (including G7/G20)

European Commission

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

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Dear Mr Dohle,

We refer to your request in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 29/04/2016 under the above mentioned reference
number.

 

In reply to your request, we enclose links to two parliamentary questions
E-3328/16 and E-3614/16 which are currently being processed:

 

[1]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD...

 

[2]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD...

 

Furthermore, we refer to the reply which you have received from the
Secretariat General of the European Commission, registered under GESTDEM
2016/2303, today.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

NEAR ACCDOC

 

From: NEAR ACCDOC
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 3:38 PM
To: '[FOI #2862 email]'
Cc: NEAR ACCDOC
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Turkish pressure on European
media/journalists - GESTDEM 2016/2302 & 2016/2303
Importance: High

 

Dear Mr Dohle,

 

We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 29/04/2016
under the above mentioned reference numbers.

 

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days. An extended time limit is needed because
different services must be consulted.

 

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit in accordance with Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents.
The new time limit will expire on 16/06/2016.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

NEAR ACCDOC.

 

From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:04 AM
To: '[FOI #2862 email]'
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Turkish pressure on European
media/journalists - GESTDEM 2016/2302 & 2016/2303

 

Dear M. Dohle,

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 26/04/2016.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
29/04/2016.

Please note that your request has been split into two parts :

 

GESTDEM 2016/2302 :   DG NEAR            will reply for the part
concerning : Commissioner/Cabinet

GESTDEM 2016/2303 :    SGE3                    will reply for the part
concerning : First Vice President and his Cabinet

 

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
26/05/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private 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.

 

Can you confirm that your postal address is : Viktoriastr. 46 52066 Aachen
?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General

Unit B4 - Transparency

 

 

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