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To whom it may concern,

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:

-all documents concerning the addition of IBF International Consulting to the Early Detection and Exclusion System database.
-all communication between the European Commission and IBF International Consulting related to the addition to the Early Detection and Exclusion System database.

Article 4 of REGULATION (EC) No 1049/2001 states that 'The institutions shall refuse access to a document where disclosure would undermine the protection of commercial interests... unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure." The public interest to know about IBF International Consulting's addition to the EDES database for 'grave professional misconduct' is especially high since IBF is the development consulting firm that has received the most EU funding for the period 2014-2020. In light of the protection of the EU budget, there is a strong public interest to know how EU funding to a private firm that operates in geopolitically sensitive areas, is spent.

Yours faithfully,

Jasper Roorda

Address:
Follow the Money
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 145
1021 KP Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 03/06/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
07/06/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3271.

 

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days.

The time limit will expire on 28/06/022. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.

 

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is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
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Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
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Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents Team

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Dear applicant,

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents, registered under reference GestDem 2022/3271.

According to standard operational procedures, the reply is usually also sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to large-scale teleworking, colleagues are not physically present and we are unfortunately not in a position to send the letter to you by post until further notice.

We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm your receipt of this e-mail by replying to: [DG BUDG request email]

Yours faithfully,

BUDG Access to documents team

Dear Budget,

Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.

I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'IBF international consulting EDES'.

The argumentation by the DG for not granting me access to documents concerning IBF International Consulting's addition to EDES is that the public interest does not override the protection of personal data and commercial interests in this case.

In my initial request, I already argued that the public interest to know about IBF International Consulting's addition to the EDES database for 'grave professional misconduct' is especially high since IBF is the development consulting firm that has received the most EU funding for the period 2014-2020. In light of the protection of the EU budget, there is a strong public interest to know how EU funding to a private firm that operates in geopolitically sensitive areas, is spent.

Additionally, I would like to highlight that due to the democratic values which are valued highly by the European Commission, the public has not only the right to know how its tax money is spent, it has also the right to know what went wrong when its tax money was not spent correctly. I would assume that transparency of the EU budget is of the uttermost importance to the European Commission. Therefore, I do not understand how the public interest does not override the protection of personal data and commercial interests in this case.

Furthermore, I do not understand how disclosing concrete information about the events that lead to IBF's addition to EDES could damage its commercial interests even more. EDES already stated that IBF was added due to "grave professional misconduct". Moreover, since the number of firms on EDES is limited, this gives the impression that a firm must misbehave rather heavily to make it on the list. Therefore, I do not see why disclosing more detailed information about the firm's wrongdoings could damage its commercial interest even more than the publication on EDES itself has already done.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/ibf_i...

Yours faithfully,

Jasper Roorda

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Budget

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email dated 04/07/2022 by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by DG
BUDG in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2022/3271.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 05/07/2022 (Ares(2022)4891476).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (27/07/2022). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.

Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.

Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/3271 - 1st holding letter -
Ares(2022)5435287  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Mr Roorda,

 

I refer to your email of 04/07/2022, registered on 05/07/2022, by which
you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (‘Regulation 1049/2001’).

 

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expired on 27/07/2022.

 

Consequently, we have to extend this period by another 15 working days in
accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. The new deadline
expires on 18/08/2022.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

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Dear Mr Roorda,

 

I refer to your email of 04/07/2022, registered on 05/07/2022, by which
you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (‘Regulation 1049/2001’),
registered under the reference number above.

 

I also refer to our holding reply of 28/07/2022, by which the time limit
for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15 working
days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. The extended time
limit expires tomorrow, on 18/08/2022.

 

I regret to inform you that we are not able to respond within the extended
time-limit, as we have not yet finalised the necessary internal
consultations. I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide
you with a final reply as soon as possible.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

 

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,

I am writing you with regards to my access to documents request 'IBF international consulting EDES'. In the meantime, it has been 20 days since the extended time period to answer my access to documents request has expired. Therefore, I would like to kindly remind you that, by law, the Commission should normally have responded promptly by that date.

Yours sincerely,

Jasper Roorda

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Budget

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
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Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
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[5]Your confirmatory application under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 -
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Dear Mr Roorda,

 

I refer to your correspondence dated 7 September 2022, related to the
confirmatory application submitted by you on 4 July 2022 pursuant to
Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, Ref. No GESTDEM 2022/3271. I
also refer to our holding reply dated 17 August 2022.

 

Unfortunately, we are not yet in a position to provide you with our final
reply, due to the delay incurred by the need to consult several internal
services. The reply to your confirmatory application will take the form of
a Commission Decision, which may be formally adopted only after the
finalisation of these consultations.

 

I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final
reply as soon as possible.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

 

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Dear Mr Jasper Roorda,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of the Commission Decision
C(2022)7565 as adopted by the European Commission on 18.10.2022.

 

The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.

 

Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dimitra PROTOPSALTI

SG.B2 Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation

 

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European Commission
Secretariat-General

 

BERL 005/155
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél: (+32) 2 29 56750

 

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Dear Mr Jasper Roorda,

 

Please, could you please acknowledge the receipt of the document enclosed
in the message addressed to you, by return email?

It is very important for us.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dimitra PROTOPSALTI

SG.B2 Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation

 

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European Commission
Secretariat-General

 

BERL 005/155
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél: (+32) 2 29 56750

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:31 PM
To: [FOI #11400 email]
Cc: MORINI Belinda (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2022)7565 addressed to Mr Jasper Roorda - Follow the Money

 

Dear Mr Jasper Roorda,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of the Commission Decision
C(2022)7565 as adopted by the European Commission on 18.10.2022.

 

The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.

 

Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dimitra PROTOPSALTI

SG.B2 Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation

 

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European Commission
Secretariat-General

 

BERL 005/155
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél: (+32) 2 29 56750

 

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Dear [email address],

I hereby confirm that your answer was well received

Yours sincerely,

Jasper Roorda