Contacts with non-EU-countries on border security
Dear Migration and Home Affairs,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- minutes and other reports of meetings between DG HOME officials and representatives of non-EU-countries in which the issue(s) of border security and/or border control and/or illegal immigration were discussed in the period between April 1st 2015 and today;
- all correspondence (including emails) between DG HOME officials and representatives of non-EU-countries in which the issue(s) of border security and/or border control and/or illegal immigration were discussed in the period between April 1st 2015 and today.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Akkerman
[1]Ares(2017)1320179 - RE: access to documents request - Contacts with
non-EU-countries on border security
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Mr. Akkerman,
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 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:
[2]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documents Team
[1]Ares(2017)1566925 - access to documents request - ref nr GestDem
2017/1823
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 14/03/2017. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered under
reference number GestDem 2017/1823.
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
18/04/2017. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documents Team
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]themeData
Link: [3]colorSchemeMapping
[4]Ares(2017)1684027 - FW: your access to documents' request - ref.
GestDem 2017/1823
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Mr Akkerman,
We refer to your e-mail dated 14.03.2017 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 23.03.2017 under the above-mentioned
reference number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request. We therefore
invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) n°1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, to provide us with more detailed
information on the documents which you seek to obtain, such as types of
directives, references, persons or bodies who drafted the documents, which
"non-EU-countries" are concerned, etc. Could you please also be more
precise as far as issues of "border security and/or border control and/or
illegal immigration" are concerned, and narrow-down the period.
The 15 working days the time limit for handling your application will
start running when we receive the requested clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Best regards
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documents Team
From: EC ARES NOREPLY [[5]mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 11:54 AM
To: Mark Akkerman
Cc: HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS
Subject: Ares(2017)1566925 - access to documents request - ref nr GestDem
2017/1823
[6]Ares(2017)1566925 - access to documents request - ref nr GestDem
2017/1823
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[7][DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[8][DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 14/03/2017. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered under
reference number GestDem 2017/1823.
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
18/04/2017. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documets Team
Dear Migration and Home Affairs,
Thank you for your response to my request. To clarify this request, as you asked:
* It concerns the following list of countries:
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Tunisia
* and the following topics discussed:
- military and security cooperation in the field of border security/border management
- EU support (financial support, technical support, training) for military and security operations and purchases in the field of border security/border management
* this is for both bilateral and multilateral meetings, on political, expert and operational level
* to narrow down the period: from June 1st, 2016 to today.
I hope this is enough specification.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Akkerman
[1]Ares(2017)1947982 - RE: access to documents request - ref GESTDEM
2017/1823
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Mr Akkerman,
We refer to your e-mail dated 23/03/2017 in which you make a request for
access to documents, under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled.
As you have replied to our clarification request on 29/03/2017, the new
time limit expires on 24/04/2017.
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 on
this date. The new time limit expires on 17/05/2017.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns a large
number of documents held by different Services which must be consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documents Team
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]themeData
Link: [3]colorSchemeMapping
[4]Ares(2017)2488639 - access to documents request - ref GESTDEM 2017/1823
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Mr Akkerman,
We refer to your e-mail dated 23/03/2017 in which you make a request for
access to documents, under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. The time limit expires on
17/05/2017.
We will not be in a position to complete the handling of your application
within the time limit, as we need to consult different services. However,
we will be able to provide you with a reply with a little delay.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documents Team
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]themeData
Link: [3]colorSchemeMapping
[4]Ares(2017)3005284 - your request to access to documents, ref Gestdem
2017/1823
Sent by HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par HOME ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[DG HOME request email]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Mr Akkerman,
Referring to the above mentioned access to documents request, please find
attached a copy of a letter, duly e-signed by Mr Matthias Ruete,
Director-General.
Our apologies for the delay in answering to your request.
The original letter will be sent to you by registered post.
Kind regards,
European Commission
DG Migration and Home Affairs
Access to Documents Team
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