Dear Competition,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents on exchanges between Commissioner for competition Joaquin Almunia, his cabinet and Google during Alumnia's time in office between 9 February 2010 and 1 November 2014. That is meant to include meeting minutes, e-mails, text messages or any other document relating to that exchange.

I note that Commissioner Almunia's exchanges with Google were well-known and reported on at the time, see for instance this news story in the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/techn...

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Fanta
Follow the Money
Rue Auguste Orts 2
1000 Bruxelles

COMP-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 08/10/2025 and registered on 08/10/2025 under the case number
2025/5161.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 29/10/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.

To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.

Yours faithfully,

Directorate-General for Competition - Access to Documents
European Commission

References

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COMP-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 08/10/2025 under case number EASE 2025/5161.

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 29/10/2025.

 

-       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 19/11/2025.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

 

European Commission

DG Competition

DG COMP.I.1 (Registry and Transparency)

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Mr Fanta,

 

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 08/09/2025 under case number EASE 2025/4521.

 

We are currently still working on your request and unfortunately were not
able to meet the prescribed time limit of 20/10/2025.

 

We deeply apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. The reply to
your request is underway and will be sent out as soon as possible.

 

Kind regards,

 

The Secretariat-General of the European Commission

COMP-C3-MAIL@ec.europa.eu, Competition

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Dear Sir,

 

We refer to your application dated 8 October 2025 registered under
reference number EASE 2025/5161, in which you make a request for access to
documents.

Please find attached a scan of the reply to your request for access to
documents, signed by the Director General.

You are kindly requested to reply to this email acknowledging receipt
thereof.

Yours faithfully,

European Commission
DG Competition – Unit C3

Antitrust - IT, Internet and Consumer electronics

 

 

 

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

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Dear Mr Fanta,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/4521.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

The European Commission

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2025/4521, sent on 16/01/2026 and registered on 16/01/2026.

We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 06/02/2026. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Mr Fanta,

 

We are writing to you concerning your correspondence of 16 January 2026,
registered on the same day in case EASE 2025/4521, 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.

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request and to take a final decision in your case. We
will not be able to send you the reply within the prescribed time limit
expiring on 6 February 2026.

Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 27 February 2026.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

SG.A2 - Document Management and Access to Documents