Meetings between DG DEVCO and Consultancies
Dear International Cooperation and Development,
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:
All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, and minutes/notes) relating to the meetings listed below:
1. Between Arto Virtanen, Cabinet member of Jutta Urpilainen and Aula Europe on 13th February 2020
2. Between Arto Virtanen, Cabinet member of Jutta Urpilainen and KK-Consulting on 27th January 2020
3. Between Arto Virtanen, Cabinet member of Jutta Urpilainen and Aula Europe on 16th January 2020
Yours faithfully,
Rebecca Vaughan
40 Bermondsey Street
London
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 13/03/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
22/10/2019 under reference number GestDem 2020/1499.
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Dear Ms Vaughan,
We refer to your e-mail dated 13/03/2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 13/03/2020 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 03/04/2020.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns a larger number of documents.
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 29/04/2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Unit DG. DEVCO 01
DEVCO 01 would like to recall the message, "access to documents request - Meetings between DG DEVCO and Consultancies".
Dear Ms Vaughan,
We refer to your e-mail dated 13/03/2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 13/03/2020 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 03/04/2020.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns a larger number of documents.
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 29/04/2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Unit DG. DEVCO 01
Dear Ms Vaughan,
Further to your email on the above mentioned request for access to documents, please find enclosed a letter and annexes from the Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen.
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by registered post. However, please note that, due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during the COVID-19 pandemics, which include the requirement for all Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to the following email address: [email address].
Yours sincerely,
Koen Doens