Access to Documents Request – High-Level Group on Public-Private Partnership Financing of Trans-European Network Transport Projects (DG VII/VH 321/97)
Dear Mobility and Transport,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the information relating to:
the High-Level Group on Public-Private Partnership Financing of Trans-European Network Transport Projects, established under Commissioner Neil Kinnock.
In particular, I request access to the following document:
* Final Report of the High-Level Group on Public-Private Partnership Financing of Trans-European Network Transport Projects, referenced in COM(97)453 as DG VII/VH 321/97 (also cited as VII/321/97), published in or around May 1997.
In addition, I request access to any documents forming part of the same administrative file, including, where available:
* the complete final report and any annexes or appendices;
* the list of members of the High-Level Group;
* the terms of reference or mandate establishing the Group;
Yours faithfully,
Moritz Neujeffski
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are writing regarding your request for access to European Commission
documents registered on 08/08/2026 under case number EASE 2026/4011.
Since you have not indicated your postal address, we are not able to start
handling your request. The 15 working days to reply to your application
will start running only when you send us your postal address.
You can send your postal address by replying to this e-mail. If we do not
receive your reply, we may close this case.
Why do we need your personal postal address?
The submission of a postal address is mandatory when submitting an
application for access to Commission documents. We would like to explain
why we need your postal address in order to register and handle your
application for access to documents:
1. To verify whether you benefit from the right to access Commission
documents. In accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of [1]Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001, read in conjunction with Article 1 of the European
Commission's [2]Detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001, only citizens of the Union and natural or legal persons
residing or having their registered office in a Member State have the
right to access to Commission documents. This requires an indication
of a valid, individual (not generic) postal address.
2. To notify the Commission's reply via registered mail with
acknowledgement of receipt or via delivery service in case the
notification by email is unsuccessful, i.e. you do not acknowledge the
receipt of the reply by return message.
3. 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 concerning the handling of an
application relating to a very long document or to a very large number
of documents is being evaded by introducing simultaneously several
requests under different identities. In an analogue application of the
situation encountered in Case T-494/08, Ryanair v Commission,
concerning the simultaneous submission of different applications
relating to a large number of documents ([3]EU:T:2010:511, see
paragraph 34), Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 might 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
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We would appreciate it if you could provide us the requested information
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Thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mobility and Transport,
my postal address is:
Heidebrinkerstraße 10, 13357 Berlin
Yours faithfully,
Moritz Neujeffski
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 08/08/2026 and registered on 11/08/2026 under the case number
2026/4011.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 01/09/2026. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit by an additional 15 working days.
If you do not receive a reply within the applicable time limit, including
any extension where applicable, you are entitled, pursuant to Article 7(4)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Neujeffski,
Part of your request for documents under reference EASE 2026/4011 has been
forwarded to the Historical Archives of the European Commission, as it
concerns documents more than 30 years old falling within the scope of
Regulation (EC) No 354/83 on archives as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1700/2003.
Please find attached the minutes of the 1st and 3rd meetings of the
“High-Level Group on Public-Private Partnership Financing of
Trans-European Network Transport Projects”; please note that the minutes
of the 2nd meeting haven’t been found.
Hoping the document and information will be of use,
Kind regards,
Historical Archives of the European Commission
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Dear Mr Neujeffski,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 10 August 2026 under case number EASE 2026/4011.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 1 September 2026.
An extension is necessary due to the fact that, in order to retrieve the
documents requested, large files have to be examined.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 22 September 2026.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards
DG MOVE B2 Secretariat
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