Our reference: 2023-0173

Dear Mr O'Reilly Thomas,

The European Parliament hereby acknowledges receipt of your message, which
was registered on February 9, 2023.

All applications for public access to documents are treated in compliance
with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access
to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.

In accordance with the above-mentioned Regulation, your application will
be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with
regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions,
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. A
detailed privacy statement is available [1]here.

The European Parliament reserves the right to ask for additional
information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Parliament’s implementing
measures.

Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application
via the AsktheEU.org website, which is a private website not officially
related to the European Parliament. Therefore, the European Parliament
cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to
the use of this system.

In addition, please note that any personal data that you provide by using
AsktheEU.org website may be disclosed to the general public and visible on
this private website. The European Parliament cannot be held responsible
for such disclosure. Should you need to communicate directly to Parliament
any personal data and would like to avoid public disclosure, you may do so
from your private email address by using the following functional mailbox
address: AccesDocs(at)europarl.europa.eu

Best regards,

TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[2][European Parliament request email]
[3]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb

References

Visible links
1. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreW...
2. mailto:[European Parliament request email]
3. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb

Our reference: 2023-0173

Dear Mr O'Reilly,

concerning you request related to payments made on behalf of political
groups in Parliament, we would like to draw your attention to the fact
that the political groups are not a part of Parliament's administration
(which is why the groups' websites are outside Parliament's domain). This
is also reflected in Parliament's Rules of Procedure, in paragraph 2 of
Rule 122, which you may find [1]here. As a consequence, Parliament does
not hold or have access to the political groups' documents, and cannot,
therefore, consider such documents in light of requests for public access.
You may however contact the groups directly. Relevant links to the groups'
websites are available [2]here.

With this response, Parliament considers your request as handled and the
file closed. Please don't hesitate to get back to us should you wish to
access specific Parliament documents.

Best regards,

TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[3][European Parliament request email]
[4]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb

References

Visible links
1. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc...
2. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-par...
3. mailto:[European Parliament request email]
4. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb