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Dear European Central Bank,

On August 5th 2011, the ECB sent a 'strictly confidential' letter to the Spanish Government encouraging the adoption of certain economic reforms (related to job market flexibility, public finances stability...). The letter was at the time denied to citizens requesting it under access to information regulations. However, the letter has now been published by its recipient, Mr. Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain at the time, in his memoirs [1].

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:

* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.

* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter. I.e. a copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government during the second half of 2011.

* Was the ECB consulted by Mr. Zapatero or any of his aidees / publishers before making the decision of publishing the letter? Was the ECB aware of it, and is there an official position about it?

Yours faithfully,

David Cabo

[1]: http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013...

Banque centrale européenne

Dear Sir,

The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 2 December 2013, of your application
for access to documents as outlined in your e-mail.

Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 (the unofficial consolidated version of this ECB Decision is
available on the<[1]ECB website>). 

Your request has been registered and a reply will be provided to you in
line with this Decision, i.e. by 3 January 2014.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat Division

European Central Bank

Kaiserstrasse 29

60311 Frankfurt am Main.

[2][email address]

Phone+49 69 1344 0

Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

-----Original Message-----
From: David Cabo [[3]mailto:[FOI #1051 email]]
Posted At: 29 November 2013 18:24
Posted To: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Conversation: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms
Subject: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms

Dear European Central Bank,

On August 5th 2011, the ECB sent a &#x27;strictly confidential&#x27;
letter to the Spanish Government encouraging the adoption of certain
economic reforms (related to job market flexibility, public finances
stability...). The letter was at the time denied to citizens requesting it
under access to information regulations. However, the letter has now been
published by its recipient, Mr. Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain at the
time, in his memoirs [1].

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:

* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.

* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter. I.e. a
copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government during the second
half of 2011.

* Was the ECB consulted by Mr. Zapatero or any of his aidees / publishers
before making the decision of publishing the letter? Was the ECB aware of
it, and is there an official position about it?

Yours faithfully,

David Cabo

[1]:
[4]http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013...

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Dear Mr Cabo,
 
Please find enclosed the reply from the ECB’s DG Secretariat to your
request for access to ECB documents.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main

[email address]

Phone: +49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170
 
 
_____________________________________________
From: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Sent: 03 December 2013 15:03
To: '[FOI #1051 email]'
Subject: RE: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms
 
 
Dear Sir,
 
The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 2 December 2013, of your application
for access to documents as outlined in your e-mail.
 
Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 (the unofficial consolidated version of this ECB Decision is
available on the<[1]ECB website>). 
Your request has been registered and a reply will be provided to you in
line with this Decision, i.e. by 3 January 2014.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[2][email address]
Phone+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cabo [[3]mailto:[FOI #1051 email]]
Posted At: 29 November 2013 18:24
Posted To: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Conversation: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms
Subject: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms
 
Dear European Central Bank,
 
On August 5th 2011, the ECB sent a &#x27;strictly confidential&#x27;
letter to the Spanish Government encouraging the adoption of certain
economic reforms (related to job market flexibility, public finances
stability...). The letter was at the time denied to citizens requesting it
under access to information regulations. However, the letter has now been
published by its recipient, Mr. Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain at the
time, in his memoirs [1].
 
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:
 
* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.
 
* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter. I.e. a
copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government during the second
half of 2011.
 
* Was the ECB consulted by Mr. Zapatero or any of his aidees / publishers
before making the decision of publishing the letter? Was the ECB aware of
it, and is there an official position about it?
 
Yours faithfully,
 
David Cabo
 
[1]:
[4]http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013...
 
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and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the
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[5][FOI #1051 email]
 
If [6][ECB request email] is the wrong address for information
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Dear European Central Bank,

Thanks for your response regarding my request for access to the letter from the ECB to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.

You say in your response that "it's of crucial importance for the ECB to [...] have a candid exchange of views with national authorities". I see the need for that as a european citizen, and that's why I'm concerned about the way the letter has been made public, outside of legally approved channels. As a Spanish citizen I'm particulary concerned about the consequences this leak - from the letter recipient no less - will have on future communications between the ECB and the Spanish government.

Your response states that the letters are now in the public domain, but there's no way for a citizen to confirm that the published letters reflect the original exchange in full and with accuracy. A partial and biased leak is worse than silence. Hence, I'd like to ask you to reconsider your position and release the documents in full. (I'll submit a formal confirmatory application if you insist on not disclosing them.)

Also, since you state in your response that "the letters were published without the authorisation of the ECB or the Spanish authorities", and since the existence of a private communication channel is of such high-importance to the well functioning of the European monetary policy (your words), I'd like to know what's your official response to the unauthorized leak by Mr. Zapatero, which may hamper your ability to have "candid exchanges" in the future: ¿are you planning legal actions? ¿have you published an official statement condemning the behaviour of Mr. Zapatero?

Yours faithfully,

David Cabo

Banque centrale européenne

Dear Mr Cabo,
we appreciate your understanding of the importance of the issue at stake
and the argumentation put forward in our reply. As regards the particular
points you raise in your email of 24 December 2013, we should like to
respond as follows:
First, concerning the ECB’s official response to the unauthorised
publication of the letter addressed to the Spanish authorities in 5 August
2011, we should like to refer you to the ECB President’s remarks (made at
the occasion of the press conference on 5 December 2013 - see
[1]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf...)
that the ECB would refrain from commenting on this issue. However, please
be assured that the ECB will continue to endeavour protecting the
possibility to have candid exchanges with public authorities, if that is
deemed to be most effective for serving the public interest.
Second, as regards your suggestion to reconsider our reply and release the
documents in full or, alternatively, to confirm that the letters released
by Mr Zapatero correspond to those actually sent, we should like to note
that, prior to replying the each application for disclosing ECB documents
the ECB conducts a thorough consideration and assessment of the documents
in question taking into account the exceptions listed in Article 4 of the
ECB Decision ECB/2004/3. In that particular case, our assessment led to a
decision of non-disclosure of the letter addressed to the Spanish
authorities of 5 August 2011. Kindly note that the appropriate procedural
way to have such decision reconsidered would  be to submit a confirmatory
application to the ECB’s Executive Board within 20 working days of
receiving the ECB’s reply, in line with Article 7(2) of Decision
ECB/2004/3.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[2][email address]
Phone+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cabo [3][mailto:[FOI #1051 email]]
Posted At: 24 December 2013 17:44
Posted To: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Conversation: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms
Subject: Re: access to information request - Correspondence with Spanish
government regarding 2011 economic reforms
Dear European Central Bank,
Thanks for your response regarding my request for access to the letter
from the ECB to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.
You say in your response that "it's of crucial importance for the ECB to
[...] have a candid exchange of views with national authorities". I see
the need for that as a european citizen, and that's why I'm concerned
about the way the letter has been made public, outside of legally approved
channels. As a Spanish citizen I'm particulary concerned about the
consequences this leak - from the letter recipient no less - will have on
future communications between the ECB and the Spanish government.
Your response states that the letters are now in the public domain, but
there's no way for a citizen to confirm that the published letters reflect
the original exchange in full and with accuracy. A partial and biased leak
is worse than silence. Hence, I'd like to ask you to reconsider your
position and release the documents in full. (I'll submit a formal
confirmatory application if you insist on not disclosing them.)
Also, since you state in your response that "the letters were published
without the authorisation of the ECB or the Spanish authorities", and
since the existence of a private communication channel is of such
high-importance to the well functioning of the European monetary policy
(your words), I'd like to know what's your official response to the
unauthorized leak by Mr. Zapatero, which may hamper your ability to have
"candid exchanges" in the future: ¿are you planning legal actions? ¿have
you published an official statement condemning the behaviour of Mr.
Zapatero?
Yours faithfully,
David Cabo
 
 

 

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Dear European Central Bank,

Given your recent decision to publish the letters sent by the ECB to the Irish government in 2010 regarding the bail-out of its banking system, I hereby resubmit my request, previously denied. I ask you to reconsider your previous denial.

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:

* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August
5th, 2011.

* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter.
I.e. a copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government
during the second half of 2011.

Yours faithfully,

David Cabo

Pam Bartlett Quintanilla,

Dear Mr Cabo,
 
The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 6 November 2014, of your application
for access to documents as outlined in your below e-mail
Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 (the unofficial consolidated version of this Decision is
available on the<ECB website
<[1]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/0...> >).
 
Your request has been registered and a reply will be provided to you in
line with Decision ECB/2004/3, i.e. by 4 December 2014.
 
Yours faithfully,
DG Secretariat
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main

[2][email address]
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cabo [[3]mailto:[FOI #1051 email]]
Sent: 06 November 2014 17:13
To: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Correspondence
with Spanish government regarding 2011 economic reforms
 
Dear European Central Bank,
 
Given your recent decision to publish the letters sent by the ECB to the
Irish government in 2010 regarding the bail-out of its banking system, I
hereby resubmit my request, previously denied. I ask you to reconsider
your previous denial.
 
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:
 
* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.
 
* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter.
I.e. a copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government during the
second half of 2011.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
David Cabo
 
-----Original Message-----
 
Dear Mr Cabo,
we appreciate your understanding of the importance of the issue at stake 
and the argumentation put forward in our reply. As regards the particular 
points you raise in your email of 24 December 2013, we should like to 
respond as follows:
First, concerning the ECB’s official response to the unauthorised 
publication of the letter addressed to the Spanish authorities in 5
August  2011, we should like to refer you to the ECB President’s remarks
(made at  the occasion of the press conference on 5 December 2013 - see
[1][4]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf...)
that the ECB would refrain from commenting on this issue. However, please 
be assured that the ECB will continue to endeavour protecting the 
possibility to have candid exchanges with public authorities, if that is 
deemed to be most effective for serving the public interest.
Second, as regards your suggestion to reconsider our reply and release
the  documents in full or, alternatively, to confirm that the letters
released  by Mr Zapatero correspond to those actually sent, we should like
to note  that, prior to replying the each application for disclosing ECB
documents  the ECB conducts a thorough consideration and assessment of the
documents  in question taking into account the exceptions listed in
Article 4 of the  ECB Decision ECB/2004/3. In that particular case, our
assessment led to a  decision of non-disclosure of the letter addressed to
the Spanish  authorities of 5 August 2011. Kindly note that the
appropriate procedural  way to have such decision reconsidered would  be
to submit a confirmatory  application to the ECB’s Executive Board within
20 working days of  receiving the ECB’s reply, in line with Article 7(2)
of Decision  ECB/2004/3.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[2][email address]
Phone+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170
 
 
 
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Secretariat Inbound e-mails,

Dear Mr Cabo,
 
According to Decision ECB/2004/3 on access to ECB documents, the ECB shall
provide a reply to your application within 20 working days. However, your
request requires the consultation of third parties (i.e. Spanish
authorities), from which we have not yet received a response. As we expect
this response to be received in the next few days, we kindly ask for your
understanding that our response will be provided to you in the coming
days.
 
Your faithfully,
 
DG-Secretariat
European Central Bank
Sonnemannstrasse 20
60314 Frankfurt
 
[1][email address]
 
 
_____________________________________________
From: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Sent: 07 November 2014 18:13
To: 'David Cabo'
Subject: RE: Internal review of access to information request -
Correspondence with Spanish government regarding 2011 economic reforms
 
 
Dear Mr Cabo,
 
The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 6 November 2014, of your application
for access to documents as outlined in your below e-mail
Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 (the unofficial consolidated version of this Decision is
available on the<ECB website
<[2]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/0...> >).
 
Your request has been registered and a reply will be provided to you in
line with Decision ECB/2004/3, i.e. by 4 December 2014.
 
Yours faithfully,
DG Secretariat
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main

[3][email address]
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cabo [[4]mailto:[FOI #1051 email]]
Sent: 06 November 2014 17:13
To: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Correspondence
with Spanish government regarding 2011 economic reforms
 
Dear European Central Bank,
 
Given your recent decision to publish the letters sent by the ECB to the
Irish government in 2010 regarding the bail-out of its banking system, I
hereby resubmit my request, previously denied. I ask you to reconsider
your previous denial.
 
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:
 
* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.
 
* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter.
I.e. a copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government during the
second half of 2011.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
David Cabo
 
-----Original Message-----
 
Dear Mr Cabo,
we appreciate your understanding of the importance of the issue at stake 
and the argumentation put forward in our reply. As regards the particular 
points you raise in your email of 24 December 2013, we should like to 
respond as follows:
First, concerning the ECB’s official response to the unauthorised 
publication of the letter addressed to the Spanish authorities in 5
August  2011, we should like to refer you to the ECB President’s remarks
(made at  the occasion of the press conference on 5 December 2013 - see
[1][5]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf...)
that the ECB would refrain from commenting on this issue. However, please 
be assured that the ECB will continue to endeavour protecting the 
possibility to have candid exchanges with public authorities, if that is 
deemed to be most effective for serving the public interest.
Second, as regards your suggestion to reconsider our reply and release
the  documents in full or, alternatively, to confirm that the letters
released  by Mr Zapatero correspond to those actually sent, we should like
to note  that, prior to replying the each application for disclosing ECB
documents  the ECB conducts a thorough consideration and assessment of the
documents  in question taking into account the exceptions listed in
Article 4 of the  ECB Decision ECB/2004/3. In that particular case, our
assessment led to a  decision of non-disclosure of the letter addressed to
the Spanish  authorities of 5 August 2011. Kindly note that the
appropriate procedural  way to have such decision reconsidered would  be
to submit a confirmatory  application to the ECB’s Executive Board within
20 working days of  receiving the ECB’s reply, in line with Article 7(2)
of Decision  ECB/2004/3.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[2][email address]
Phone+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170
 
 
 
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Dear Mr Cabo,
 
Please find enclosed the reply from the ECB’s DG Secretariat to your below
request for access to ECB documents.

Yours faithfully,

DG Secretariat
European Central Bank
Sonnemannstrasse 20
60314 Frankfurt am Main

[1][email address]
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cabo [[2]mailto:[FOI #1051 email]]
Sent: 06 November 2014 17:13
To: Secretariat Inbound e-mails
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Correspondence
with Spanish government regarding 2011 economic reforms
 
Dear European Central Bank,
 
Given your recent decision to publish the letters sent by the ECB to the
Irish government in 2010 regarding the bail-out of its banking system, I
hereby resubmit my request, previously denied. I ask you to reconsider
your previous denial.
 
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:
 
* A copy of the letter sent to the Spanish Government on August 5th, 2011.
 
* A copy of any response by the Spanish Government to that letter.
I.e. a copy of all correspondance from the Spanish Government during the
second half of 2011.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
David Cabo
 
-----Original Message-----
 
Dear Mr Cabo,
we appreciate your understanding of the importance of the issue at stake 
and the argumentation put forward in our reply. As regards the particular 
points you raise in your email of 24 December 2013, we should like to 
respond as follows:
First, concerning the ECB’s official response to the unauthorised 
publication of the letter addressed to the Spanish authorities in 5
August  2011, we should like to refer you to the ECB President’s remarks
(made at  the occasion of the press conference on 5 December 2013 - see
[1][3]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf...)
that the ECB would refrain from commenting on this issue. However, please 
be assured that the ECB will continue to endeavour protecting the 
possibility to have candid exchanges with public authorities, if that is 
deemed to be most effective for serving the public interest.
Second, as regards your suggestion to reconsider our reply and release
the  documents in full or, alternatively, to confirm that the letters
released  by Mr Zapatero correspond to those actually sent, we should like
to note  that, prior to replying the each application for disclosing ECB
documents  the ECB conducts a thorough consideration and assessment of the
documents  in question taking into account the exceptions listed in
Article 4 of the  ECB Decision ECB/2004/3. In that particular case, our
assessment led to a  decision of non-disclosure of the letter addressed to
the Spanish  authorities of 5 August 2011. Kindly note that the
appropriate procedural  way to have such decision reconsidered would  be
to submit a confirmatory  application to the ECB’s Executive Board within
20 working days of  receiving the ECB’s reply, in line with Article 7(2)
of Decision  ECB/2004/3.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[2][email address]
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