Ref. Ares(2018)163005 - 10/01/2018
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate D - Policy Co-ordination I
SG.D.2-Internal Market and Competitiveness
Brussels, 10 January 2018
SG/D.2 KM/isk
Mr Bram Vranken
On behalf of Vredesactie
Patriottenstraat 27,
2600 Berchem
Reply by email:
ask+request-4862-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents, Ref. N° GESTDEM 2017/7384
Dear Mr Vranken,
We refer to your e-mail dated 11 December 2017 in which you make a request for access to
documents relating to:
1. Details of all stakeholders consulted (including member states, industry, academia and others)
by President Juncker and his cabinet on the decision to establish:
a) The European Defence Fund; and
b) The Defence Industrial Development Programme.
2. Details of all meetings, including minutes of meetings, with all stakeholders identified under
1(a) and 1(b) respectively, in relation to:
a) The European Defence Fund; and
b) The Defence Industrial Development Programme.
3. All correspondence with the stakeholders identified under 1(a) and 1(b) respectively, in
relation to:
a) The European Defence Fund; and
b) The Defence Industrial Development Programme.
Your application is currently being handled.
However, given the wide scope of your application, we will not be in a position to complete the
handling of your application within the time limit of 15 working days. Therefore, we have to extend
the time limit by 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 31 January 2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
[e-Signed]
Karola Maxianova
Deputy Head of Unit
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/