Convention on Legal Costs Orders

La demande est partiellement réussie.

Kieran Fitzpatrick

Dear Justice (JUST),

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:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I submitted an FOI request to the UK Cabinet Office requesting it to detail all costs paid/payable to the European Commission following on from the decision of the CJEU in the case of C-530/11[Commission v UK of 13th February 2014] to award costs against the UK.

The Cabinet Office stated in its reply (FOI Reference: FO1320356) the following: “In response to the second question, no costs will be incurred by the UK, owing to a convention between the Member States and the EU institutions whereby costs orders are made by the Court, but they are not enforced so have no practical effect.”

To EU Commission---

Please provide documentation which contains the following:

1. The name of this convention, the text of the convention and details of all signatories of the convention and the dates of accession.

2. When and how the Commission brought this convention to the attention of the EU citizenry (eg. plans, communications).

3. Which institution or body coordinated this convention.

4. Who instigated the convention, what reasons were advanced for this provision of the convention and when (such as communications from member states and/or with the Commission).

5. Any and all policy considerations submitted to the coordinator of the convention by Ireland, the UK and Germany.

Yours faithfully,

Kieran Fitzpatrick

Justice et Consommateurs

 

Thank you for your request for access to documents. Unfortunately you have
not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and
handling your request in line with the procedural requirements. Please
send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience. Pending
your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the registration of your
request.

You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your
request:

 

[1]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

 

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit SG.B4 – Transparency

 

 

 

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Kieran Fitzpatrick a laissé une remarque ()

My Address, as requested, is; Kieran Fitzpatrick, [postal address] (there are generally no postcodes in Ireland)

Justice et Consommateurs

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Dear Mr Fitzpatrick,

 

Thank you for submitting your postal address. However, please note that
since you submitted it separately via the web-form to DG JUST, it has
unfortunately been overlooked and has only reached us today. Please accept
our apologies for the late registration and any inconvenience it might
cause.

 

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 04/02/2015 under reference number GestDem
2015/255.

 

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a
response to your request within 15 working days: 25/02/2015.

 

If this deadline needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

 

Best regards,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit SG.B4 – Transparency

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kieran Fitzpatrick

Dear Justice and Consumers,

I note your response to the effect that my communication in response to your request to provide my address was overlooked. I would just point out that I replied in the manner requested , the same day, and your office [it appears] responded with the following email confirming receipt:

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
12 Jan

to me, DG
Dear Sir or Madam,

Your request for access to documents has been registered. This message is an acknowledgement of receipt.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a reply within 15 working days (02/02/2015).

Yours faithfully,

European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4) [end of email]

I therefore submit that your office should should preferably reply ASAP instead.

Yours faithfully,

Kieran Fitzpatrick

Justice et Consommateurs

Dear Mr Fitzpatrick,

Thank you for your reply.

The email you received and pasted below is an automatic response that you received from the system when you registered your address.

However, your request was sent for reattribution, as it does not fall under the responsibility of DG JUST. The other service was not aware of the deadline sent in the automatic message and your registration via the webform, therefore they could not reply to you in the given time.

Nevertheless, please rest assured that you will receive a response to your request as soon as possible.

Best regards,

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit SG.B4 – Transparency

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Justice et Consommateurs

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Dear Mr Fitzpatrick,

We refer to your email of 8 January 2015, which was registered as GESTDEM
2015/225 on 04 February after you transmitted your postal address to the
Secretariat General, by which you make a request for access to documents
under Regulation Nº 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.05.2001, page
43).

 

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to reply to you today where the deadline expires. 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 18 March 2015. However we
certainly will be able to reply to you before this date.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours faithfully,

 

Diana TILOUCHE
 
European Commission
Legal Service

BERL 1/111
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2-299 57 49
[1][email address]

 

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Dear Mr Fitzpatrick,

 

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents
together with two enclosures.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 
European Commission
Legal Service

BERL 1/111
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1]+32 2-299 57 49
[2][email address]

 

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