Third party contributions
Dear ECFIN,
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:
The number of officials within ECFIN who accepted third party contributions for their missions that were not provided by EU Member States, EEA and EFTA countries, international organisations or fora, such as the UN, G20/G7 or public and private universities when the mission was for academic purposes between January 1 2022 and December 31 2022.
- All minutes, agendas, summary, correspondence, memos and any other reports drafted and received by ECFIN between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 relating to the above missions.
Yours faithfully,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Rue de la Loi 62
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 30/05/2023 and registered on 31/05/2023 under the case number
2023/3145.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 21/06/2023. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs - Access to
Documents
European Commission
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Dear sir, madam
From what I understand of the response timeline, I should have heard back from you yesterday. Could I ask how long is the delay expected? Thanks very much.
Yours faithfully,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 31/05/2023 under case number 2023/3145.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 21/06/2023.
In order to retrieve the documents requested large files have to be
examined. Furthermore, there is a need for additional internal
consultations.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 12/07/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team
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Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
Thank you for your message.
Please be informed that the documents you request are of various nature,
which makes the retrieval more difficult. Furthermore, we conduct an
individual legal evaluation of each document regarding its disclosure.
Thus, it is quite likely that we will need the 15 additional working days
to provide a result.
If you agree, we are open to discuss further details over the phone.
Yours sincerely,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
We treat your request as a combination of a request for information and a
request for access to documents.
With this message we refer to the part of your request for information
about “the number of officials within ECFIN who accepted third-party
contributions”.
Please find attached a list with those missions of DG ECFIN officials that
fall under the scope of your request (personal data redacted).
To help us finalize our reply for the access to document part of your
request, can we ask you to indicate the missions whose documents are
relevant for you?
Many thanks for your reply in advance!
Yours sincerely,
ECFIN Access to documents team
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/3145.
Yours sincerely,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team
Dear Economic and Financial Affairs,
Thank you for providing the list. Could we please follow up on the documents related to The Economist Group? Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
Thank you for providing feedback to our clarification request.
We have registered your answer and are working to provide a reply.
Yours faithfully,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
This is to inform you that we are still working on your request including
the consultation of Third Parties.
Due to absences, we will need more time to provide an answer.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team
Dear Mr Smith-Meyer,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/3145.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team