Commission memo on definition of new rules
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
News outlet Politico Europe has reported on EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's plans to reform "the way EU countries adopt common foreign and security policies."
According to Politico, "Juncker wants to change the rules to allow for qualified majority decisions in a number of areas, according to an unpublished Commission memo."
I am therefore, under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, requesting the aforementioned Commission memo.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any clarification in regards to any aspect of my request.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Luisa Izuzquiza
Dear Madam,
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 and a contact phone number at your earliest convenience. Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the registration of your request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your request:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[email address]
Dear Secretariat General,
I believe the European Commission already has my postal address. I will nonetheless provide it here, again:
Luisa Izuzquiza
Calle Cava San Miguel 8, 4º centro
28005 Madrid
Spain
I'd also like to recall that there are no valid procedural requirements that allow an institution to refuse registration of an access to documents request pending the provision of a postal address. I refer you to the Decision of the Ombudsman in in case 682/2014/JF: https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/cases/de...
Yours faithfully,
Luisa Izuzquiza
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 23/02/2018. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
28/02/2018 under reference number GESTDEM 2018/1254.
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
21/03/2018.
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Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG B.4 – Transparency
[1][email address]
Dear Ms. Uzuzquiza,
Please find attached a note regarding the above-mentioned request.
Yours sincerely,
Aurélie Therace
European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC)
Unit Resources and Management
European Commission
BERL 11/108
+32 2 2964925
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref. GestDem N°
2018/1254
Dear Madam,
We refer to your e-mail dated 23/02/2018 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 28/02/2018 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Please find enclosed the requested document.
You may reuse the document requested free of charge for non-commercial and
commercial purposes provided that the source is acknowledged, that you do
not distort the original meaning or message of the document. Please note
that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the reuse.
Yours sincerely,
Jens MESTER
Head of Unit COMM.A.2 - Corporate services
Interinstitutional relations, visual communication, framework contracts
European Commission
DG Communication
Rue de la Loi 56 06/37
+32 2 296 39 73