Ref. Ares(2020)1409894 - 06/03/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS
The Director-General
Brussels
HOME.B.3/TK
By registered letter with
acknowledgment of receipt
Friedrich Lindenberg
Data Team Lead
Organised Crime and Corruption
Reporting Project (OCCRP)
c/o OnionSpace
Gottschedstr. 4
DE-13357 Berlin
Advance copy by email: ask+request-
xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/0555
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 21 January 2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents regarding technical information related to the Schengen Information System,
registered on the same day under the above-mentioned reference number.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as defined
in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position. Such a
confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt of this
letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Monique PARIAT
[e-signed]
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Electronically signed on 05/03/2020 20:09 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563