Access to documents of meetings regarding the EMFA
Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents (incl. emails, messages, and any other relevant form of communication) which contain information related to the development of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). Specifically, I am looking for access to documents about the following:
1. The minutes of (or a summary thereof), as well as any exchanges that relate to (incl. before or after) the topic (i.e., EMFA) of the meetings held:
1a) between the Réporteurs sans Frontières on, and:
07-03-2023 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
25-01-2023 Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
01-08-2022 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
20-07-2022 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
15-07-2022 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
11-07-2022 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
07-02-2022 Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
24-11-2021 Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member), Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
1b) between Google on, and:
16-03-2023 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
02-03-2023 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
02-02-2023 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
25-10-2022 Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
1c) between DOT Europe on, and:
13-11-2023 Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
1d) between Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries on, and:
18-07-2023 Daniel Braun (Cabinet member), Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member), Marie Frenay (Cabinet member), Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
In case the documents should be classified or cannot be released because of special treatment exceptions, I am asking for the name, source (e.g. the institution, DG and unit) and any reference number of these documents. If information under the scope of regulation 1049/2001 is not held by DG CONNECT but by the Commission, the Commissioner or another DG or Commission unit, I would like this information to be included in this request.
Yours faithfully,
Charis Papaevangelou
University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postbus 15514
1001 NA Amsterdam
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 26/03/2025 and registered on 26/03/2025 under the case number
2025/1715.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 16/04/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
abovementioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today. An extended time limit is
needed as different services need to be consulted.
Therefore we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 regarding public
access to documents. The new time limit expires on 14 May 2025.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Dear Mr Papaevangelou,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered under the
reference number 2025/1715.
Unfortunately, we are not able to send the reply to your application
within the given time limit, which expires today.
You will receive the reply to your application as soon as possible.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1715.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG CONNECT Access to documents Team
Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
I have received the documents. I will examine them and follow-up if I need be for more clarifications.
Yours faithfully,
Charis Papaevangelou