Policy on official use of SMS and messaging apps
Dear Sir or Madam,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
All documents—including but not limited to internal staff policies or handbooks, correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, presentations or training materials regarding your policies on the use by staff, including senior managers and of SMS and messaging apps (such as Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram, Twitter direct messages, Facebook Messenger etc.) for official business.
In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me on +44 7525 592 738. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Barnaby Pace, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Barnaby Pace
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[5]Your access to documents request - Policy on official use of SMS and
messaging apps - Ref. GESTDEM 2021/3305 - Ares(2021)3351347
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to be sent to this email address.
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 19 May 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
20/05/2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/3305.
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 11 June 2021. In case this time limit needs
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Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG.C1
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[5]Your access to documents request - Policy on official use of SMS and
messaging apps - Ref. GESTDEM 2021/3305 - Ares(2021)3378008
Sent by ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[DG ENER request email]>. All responses have
to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[DG ENER request email]>. Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Sir,
With reference to your request for access to documents registered on 20
May 2021 under ref. GESTDEM 2021/3305 (see attached) we note that an
identical request has been sent from another AsktheEU address
([6][email address]).
We would like to inform you that further correspondence concerning the
handling of your GESTDEM request ref. 2021/3305 will only be sent to the
following address [FOI #9521 email].
Thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG.C1
[email address]
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Dear Energy,
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 'Policy on official use of SMS and messaging apps'.
The deadline for a response to this request set at 11th June has now passed without any response and I would request it is reviewed.
Yours faithfully,
Barnaby Pace
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email.
Please be informed that a reply to your initial request for access to documents - Gestdem 2021/3305 - has been sent to you on 01/06/2021 by our DG DIGIT colleagues (see attach.).
Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency