Our ref: TO/PAD-2022-00382
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Mr/Ms Anas Ambri
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Warsaw, 22 November 2022
Your application for access to European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) documents
Dear Mr/Ms Ambri,
In reference to your application registered on 06 October 2022, for which the time-limit has been extended by 15
working days on 27 October 20221, asking for access to
As part of its return operations in Hungary, Frontex monitors the correct implementation of return procedures
by the Hungarian authorities. I am requesting documents which contain the following information
- operational reports (either by staff deployed in returns from Hungary or by independent monitors)
- complaints filed against staff deployed by Hungarian authorities
- serious incident reports
- copies of communication of any other type to the Agency on alleged violations of fundamental rights.
The timeline for this data should cover the period from January 1st 2020 until today.
As further clarified and confirmed by you
the application applies to documents containing the following elements: a) return procedures + b) conducted
by the Hungarian authorities + c) monitored by Frontex d) and in Hungary between 01 January 2020 and 30
September 2022.
Regarding
indent 1, please find the identified documents herewith attached with limited parts thereof falling under
exceptions under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and therefore had to be expunged with detailed
justifications in the attached legend.
Regarding
indents 2, 3, and 4, please be informed that Frontex does not hold any documents.
Subject to any intellectual property rights of third parties, the document/s may be reused provided that the source
is acknowledged and that the original meaning or message of the document/s is not distorted. Frontex is not liable
for any consequence resulting from the reuse of this/these document/s.
1 In accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
Plac Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 |
www.frontex.europa.eu | Email
: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx
Pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, within 15 working days of the receipt of this reply, you
may submit a confirmatory application.
A confirmatory application, indicating the reference of your initial application, may be submitted
electronically to:
https://pad.frontex.europa.eu/padrequests/create,
by mail to:
European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Transparency Office,
pl. Europejski 6, 00‐844 Warsaw/Poland
or by email to:
xxx@xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx o
r xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx.
Based on Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, Frontex will reply within 15 working days from the registration
of such application.
Yours sincerely,
[Decision signed electronically]
Case Handler of the Transparency Office
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency
www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01