Frontex's Arrangements with EUNAVFOR MED
Dear European Border and Coast Guard Agency,
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:
arrangements with the European External Action Service (EEAS) regarding CSDP mission EUNAVFOR Med (Operation Sophia).
I am especially interested in Frontex's arrangements with the EUNAVFOR Med's concerning the exchange of information (with respect to personal data and classified information), meetings (of experts and professionals) and assistance programmes (financing).
Yours faithfully,
Michaela Svobodová
Dear Ms Svobodová,
Thank you for your email and your interest in Frontex activities.
We would like to inform you that pursuant to Article 2(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May
2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents, the right of access to documents is granted to a
citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having
its registered office in a Member State.
To confirm that you are invested in the right of access to the documents
requested, it is necessary to provide an ID card/passport/residence permit
in the EU/registration in an EU Member State (legal persons). You may
however refuse to provide such document containing personal data; in that
case, your request is not going to be processed.
After receiving the above mentioned documents, we will be able to start
processing your request and will get back to you within 15 working days.
Please be informed of the following:
- The person responsible for controlling the personal data (Data
controller) is the Head of Legal Affairs Unit
- The personal data is collected for the exclusive purpose of
assessing the nationality of the applicant
- The recipients of the personal data are the 3 Frontex Staff
members (Senior Legal Officer, Junior Lawyer and Legal Assistant) handling
requests for public access for documents
- The personal data collected (that is, the document sent to the
PAD mailbox) will be deleted as soon as the access for the request
document(s) is granted or refused. In Frontex, this procedure takes no
longer than 15 or 30 working days depending on the number/size of the
requested documents. During the processing of your data, you have a right
to access your data and rectify them if needed. You have a right to have
recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
If you will have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
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Dear PAD,
thank you for your prompt response. Could you please let me know the direct address where I can send my scanned ID card necessary for filing the question?
Yours sincerely,
Michaela Svobodová
Good morning,
Please send it to [email address]
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency
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From: Michaela Svobodová
Sent: 12 October 2017 17:30:54 (UTC+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, Zagreb
To: PAD
Subject: RE: PAD request for a document arrangements with the European External Action Service (EEAS) regarding CSDP mission EUNAVFOR Med (Operation Sophia).
Dear PAD,
thank you for your prompt response. Could you please let me know the direct address where I can send my scanned ID card necessary for filing the question?
Yours sincerely,
Michaela Svobodová
Dear Ms Svobodová,
Thank you for providing your documentation.
As your request falls under the regime of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of
30 May 2001, we will now forward your email to the responsible Unit and
get back to you with an answer within 15 working days.
In the meantime, should you have any questions regarding your request or
public access to documents process, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency · Plac Europejski 6,
00-844 Warsaw, Poland · Tel: +48 22 205 9500 · Fax: +48 22 205 9501 ·
[1]www.frontex.europa.eu
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From: Michaela Svobodová [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 13 October 2017 13:01
To: PAD <[email address]>
Subject: AsktheEU Question - Michaela Svobodová ID
Dear PAD,
I am contacting you regarding the question on the website AsktheEU.org
that I posted concerning the Frontex's Arrangements with EUNAVFOR MED.
Since you requested to provide a proof of being an EU citizen to obtain
access to EU documents, kindly see the attachment for the scan of my ID.
I believe that the processing of my question on the website can now
commence without any issues.
I also want to kindly ask if we can continue in our following conversation
within the thread of comunication on the website
([2]https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/fron...).
Thank you very much in advance.
Sincerely,
Michaela Svobodová
References
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1. http://frontex.europa.eu/
2. https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/fron...
Dear Ms Svobodová,
We are working on your request, however we would like to confirm with your
our understanding of a part concerning the ‘meetings’: […] Frontex's
arrangements with the EUNAVFOR Med's concerning […] meetings (of experts
and professionals).
Please confirm if a list of the meetings and subject matter are sufficient
or you rather meant minutes of the meetings?
We also understand that the request relates to meetings between Frontex
and EUVAFOR MED and not the EEAS.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency · Plac Europejski 6,
00-844 Warsaw, Poland · Tel: +48 22 205 9500 · Fax: +48 22 205 9501 ·
[1]www.frontex.europa.eu
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From: PAD
Sent: 13 October 2017 13:16
To: [FOI #4704 email]
Cc: PAD <[email address]>
Subject: RE: AsktheEU Question - Michaela Svobodová ID
Dear Ms Svobodová,
Thank you for providing your documentation.
As your request falls under the regime of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of
30 May 2001, we will now forward your email to the responsible Unit and
get back to you with an answer within 15 working days.
In the meantime, should you have any questions regarding your request or
public access to documents process, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
From: Michaela Svobodová [[2]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 13 October 2017 13:01
To: PAD <[3][email address]>
Subject: AsktheEU Question - Michaela Svobodová ID
Dear PAD,
I am contacting you regarding the question on the website AsktheEU.org
that I posted concerning the Frontex's Arrangements with EUNAVFOR MED.
Since you requested to provide a proof of being an EU citizen to obtain
access to EU documents, kindly see the attachment for the scan of my ID.
I believe that the processing of my question on the website can now
commence without any issues.
I also want to kindly ask if we can continue in our following conversation
within the thread of comunication on the website
([4]https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/fron...).
Thank you very much in advance.
Sincerely,
Michaela Svobodová
References
Visible links
1. http://frontex.europa.eu/
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[email address]
4. https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/fron...
Dear PAD,
Thank you for getting back to me.
Regarding the "meetings" the list of any meetings (official but also if there is any evidence of any unofficial ones) conducted between Frontex's officials and EUNAVFOR Med's officials with the date of the meeting and the subject matter or the main topic would be sufficient.
The request relates to meetings between Frontex and EUVAFOR MED and not the EEAS indeed.
Thank you very much in advance,
Yours sincerely,
Michaela Svobodová
Dear Ms Svobodová,
Thank you very much for the prompt reply.
Best regards.
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Best regards.
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency
www.frontex.europa.eu
Plac Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland · Tel: +48 22 205 9500 · Fax: +48 22 205 9501
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Dear Ms Svobodová,
I would like to inform you that pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation 1049/2001 we will extend exceptionally the deadline to answer your application by another 15 working days.
The reason is the complexity of the request and the need to consult various internal units. Nonetheless, we will do our best to provide you with the requested documents as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any question you may have.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency
www.frontex.europa.eu
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Dear Ms Svobodová,
Please find enclosed our response.
In case of any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency
www.frontex.europa.eu
Plac Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland · Tel: +48 22 205 9500 · Fax: +48 22 205 9501
DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, cannot be construed as automatically constituting any form of commitment by Frontex, unless its contents clearly indicate otherwise. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in part, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system.
Dear PAD,
thank you very much for the provided documents.
However as these letters do not contain any information about finance side of the relations between Frontex and EUNAVFOR Med, I kindly ask to provide also these documents if possible.
Anything about financing of the EU RTF, JO Triton or the liaison officers will do. Thank you very much in advance.
I also wanted to know whether I can use the provided information for the needs of my master's thesis with the explicit refference of obtaining these documents from your side and proper quotations.
Yours sincerely,
Michaela Svobodová
Dear Ms Svobodová,
Thank you for your email. In regards to the first part, we consider it a second application for access to documents and therefore we will forward it to the unit responsible and come back to you in 15 working days.
As regards to the second part, you can use the documents for academic work however is obligatory to include a copyright notice in this form: ⓒFrontex, [year].
We remain at your disposal for any further clarifications.
Best Regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Dear Ms Svobodová,
The process of your request demands to extend the deadline for responding for another 15 working days under the Art. 7(3) of the Regulation 1049/2001.
Nevertheless, we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Dear Ms Svobodová,
For you information the holiday period for Frontex is 23/12/2017 until 2/1/2018 inclusive.
Kind regards,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Dear Ms Svoboda,
The operation JO Triton 2017 is still ongoing until 31 January 2018. Disclosing information until then is not possible based on Article 4(1)(a) first indent of Regulation 1049/2001. However, we could offer you to continue analysing your request as of 1 February 2018 and provide you an answer in due course after this date.
Kindly indicate whether such approach would suit your needs.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Dear Ms Svobodova,
Kindly find enclosed our response.
Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you need further assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency · Plac Europejski 6,
00-844 Warsaw, Poland · Tel: +48 22 205 9500 · Fax: +48 22 205 9501 ·
[1]www.frontex.europa.eu
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From: Registration
Sent: Monday 4 December 2017 12:19
To: PAD <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Internal review of access to documents request - Frontex's
Arrangements with EUNAVFOR MED
Date: Reg.No:
04.12.2017 23058a
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Organisation:
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Dear Ms Svobodova,
Kindly find enclosed our response.
Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you need further assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Transparency Office
Corporate Governance
Tel: +48 22 205 9500
Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency · Plac Europejski 6,
00-844 Warsaw, Poland · Tel: +48 22 205 9500 · Fax: +48 22 205 9501 ·
[1]www.frontex.europa.eu
DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, cannot be
construed as automatically constituting any form of commitment by Frontex,
unless its contents clearly indicate otherwise. It is intended solely for
the use of the addressee(s). Any unauthorised disclosure, use or
dissemination, either in whole or in part, is prohibited. If you have
received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately via
e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system.
From: Registration
Sent: Monday 4 December 2017 12:19
To: PAD <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Internal review of access to documents request - Frontex's
Arrangements with EUNAVFOR MED
Date: Reg.No:
04.12.2017 23058a
Responsible
Organisation:
Cc:
Remark: Deadline:
Remark for staff
member:
Reference:
Best Regards
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