Ref. Ares(2016)4162935 - 05/08/2016
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate B
Director
Brussels,
SG.B.4/FB/rc - sg.dsg2.b.4(2016)4525775
Mr Andreas PAVLOU
Access Info Europe
Calle Cava de San Miguel 8, 4c
28005 Madrid
Spain
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Subject:
Your request for access to documents under Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 – reference GestDem No 2016/4032
Dear Mr Pavlou,
We refer to your message of 18 July 2016, registered on 19 July 2016, in which you
submit a request for access to documents under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents1 ('Regulation 1049/2001').
1.
SCOPE OF YOUR REQUEST
You request access to [m]
emos, guidance, guidelines, or training material (or any other
document) for EU Commission staff on the implementation of exceptions contained in
Regulation 1049/2001 and the same documents (i.e. memos, guidance, guidelines, etc.)
relating to
the redaction of document.
The Commission has identified the following documents as falling under the scope of
your request:
1. Guidance note dated 23 January 2015, regarding access to documents relating to
trilogues, including the annex regarding the consultation procedure between the
services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on trilogue
documents, ref.: Ares(2015)282423;
1 Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/
E-mail: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
2. Guidance note dated 29 June 2016, regarding Access to information and documents
related to procurement and grant award procedures, ref.: Ares(2016)3063115;
3. Guidance note dated 28 February 2003, regarding public access to documents
relating to infringement proceedings, ref.: SEC/2003/260/3;
4. Summary fiche entitled Access to briefings;
5. Summary fiche entitled Access to draft impact assessment reports;
6. Summary fiche entitled Access to inter-service consultations;
7. Summary fiche entitled Access to correspondence under Directive 98/34;
8. Summary fiche entitled Third-party names and signatures;
9. Summary fiche entitled Access to Studies;
10. Guidance note dated 27 March 2015, regarding access to names and functions of
Commission staff, ref.: Ares(2015)1350426;
11. Newsletter dated 2 July 2015, regarding use of Adobe Acrobat Professional
(redacting the documents);
12. Basic training ARIANE II (training slides).
2.
ASSESSMENT AND CONCLUSIONS UNDER REGULATION 1049/2001
Having analysed the content of the above-mentioned documents, I am pleased to inform
you that access is granted to all documents nr. 1 to 12. Please find copies of the
documents annexed.
You may reuse the documents requested free of charge for non-commercial and
commercial purposes provided that the source is acknowledged, and 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
Yours sincerely,
Paraskevi Michou
Enclosures: (12)
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Electronically signed on 04/08/2016 16:32 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563
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