Internal Commission report: coronavirus recovery fund

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Moritz Neujeffski

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

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 Financial Times article from the 26th of April 2020 refers to an internal Commission report on the coronavirus recovery fund: "A report suggests that the European Commission plans to raise maybe some €320bn on the financial markets over a period of two or three years" (https://on.ft.com/2W416ha). Could you please send me the report?

Yours faithfully,

Moritz Neujeffski

Secrétariat général de la Commission européenne

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).
 
 
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Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
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Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
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im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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Secrétariat général de la Commission européenne

Dear Sir,

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.

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You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your request: http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/....

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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team

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Moritz Neujeffski

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Thank you very much for your reply. In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 (§10.3), if the information exists in a digital format, I would like to receive the information electronically.

Thank you very much for your efforts,
Yours faithfully,

Moritz Neujeffski

Secrétariat général de la Commission européenne

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).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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Secrétariat général de la Commission européenne

Dear Sir

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We requested you to provide a postal address and you replied the
following:

 

" In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 (§10.3), if the information
exists in a digital format, I would like to receive the information
electronically".

 

Since 1 April 2014, the submission of a postal address became a mandatory
feature for the purpose of making an application for access to documents.
We would like to explain why we need your postal address in order to
register and handle your application for access to documents:

 

•            Firstly, to obtain legal certainty as regards the date you
received the European Commission reply to your application for public
access to documents. Article 297 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union (TFEU) states that ‘[…] decisions which specify to whom
they are addressed, shall be notified to those to whom they are addressed
and shall take effect upon such notification.’ In line with this
provision, if the Commission does not grant full access to the requested
documents, it notifies the reply to the applicant via registered mail with
acknowledgement of receipt or via delivery service. This requires an
indication of a valid postal address by the applicant;

 

 

•            Secondly, to apply correctly the Data Protection Regulation
(EU) 2018/1725  . Knowing whether the applicant is an EU resident (or not)
is necessary for deciding which conditions shall apply for the
transmissions of personal data to applicants for access to documents.
These conditions are not the same for recipients established in the Union
and for recipients in third countries. As the vast majority of the
documents requested contain personal data, the Commission cannot ensure
the correct application of the data protection rules in the absence of a
postal address;

 

•            Thirdly, to apply correctly Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001  .
Article 4(1)(b) of that Regulation refers to the protection of the privacy
and integrity of the individual and has to be applied in line with the
Data Protection Regulation;

 

•            Fourthly, to protect the interest of other citizens and
safeguard the principle of good administration. The Commission has to
treat all citizens equally by ensuring that the legal framework for public
access to documents is respected. For example, it has to verify whether
Article 6(3) of  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is being evaded by
introducing several requests under different identities. Indeed, in its
Ryanair judgment  , the General Court confirmed that Article 6(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 cannot be evaded by splitting an application
into several, seemingly separate, parts. In addition, the Commission has
to make sure that the legal framework is respected and the right of access
to documents is not abused by making requests under an invented identity.

 

The considerations above show that the request for and the consequent
processing of the applicant’s postal address is not only appropriate, but
also strictly necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the
public interest within the meaning of Article 5(1)(a) of Data Protection
Regulation, namely providing a smooth and effective access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents Team

 

 

[1]          Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with
regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions,
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC, OJ L
295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 (hereafter referred to as ‘Data Protection
Regulation’).

2          Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.

3          Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2010, Ryanair Ltd
v European Commission, T-494/08 to T-500/08 and T-509/08, EU:T:2010:511,
paragraph 34.

 

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