Documents relevant to the Irish Birds Case C-418/04
Dear Environment,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties and the right of access to environmental information under the Aarhus Convention, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001 and Regulation 1367/2006, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
In relation to the infringement proceedings brought against Ireland which resulted in the judgment in case C-418/04, Commission v Ireland EU:C:2007:780:
1. Copies of the pleadings in the case including annexes
To the extent that they are not already included in (1):
2. All letters of formal notice sent to Ireland in relation to the infringement cases the subject matter of C-418/04
3. All reasoned opinions sent to Ireland in relation to the infringement cases the subject matter of C-418/04
I would like to get the documents electronically in their original format.
Please note that the request does not extend to personal data contained in any document, and this may be redacted.
Yours faithfully,
Fred Logue
Lenin House
Rear 25 Strand Street Great
Dublin 1
Ireland
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 13/10/2025 and registered on 14/10/2025 under the case number
2025/5262.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 04/11/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Environment - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 14 October under case number EASE 2025/5262.
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 4 November because the application
concerns a very large number of documents.
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 25 November 2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
ENV E.3 secretariat
DG ENVIRONMENT
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Dear Mr. Logue,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5262.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
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Dear Environment,
I am generally happy with the proposal, except that I would like to make sure that there are documents identifying the original sites that were subject of the enforcement proceedings at the pre-litigation stage. This is because by the time it got to the Court the issues in relation to many of these sites had been rectified.
I hope that this is possible.
Yours faithfully,
Fred Logue
Dear Environment,
Thanks, that seems to be order.
But could I also ask for A.29 to be included as well?
Yours faithfully,
Fred Logue
Dear Mr Logue,
We refer to your above-referenced request for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.05.2001, page
43).
The reply to your request is currently in preparation. However, in view of
the number and nature of the requests for access to documents the Legal
Service is dealing with, we will not be in a position to complete the
processing of your request within the extended time limit of 15 working
days, which expires today, 25.11.2025.
Nevertheless, we do our outmost to send you our reply as soon as possible.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][email address]
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Dear Mr Logue,
Attached, please find the Legal Service’s reply to your above-referenced
request for access to documents.
We kindly ask you to confirm and acknowledge, by return email, receipt of
the Commission Legal Service’s reply letter and the attached documents.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][email address]
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Dear Mr Logue,
Attached, please find the Legal Service’s reply to your above-referenced
request for access to documents.
We kindly ask you to confirm and acknowledge, by return email, receipt of
the Commission Legal Service’s reply letter and the attached documents.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][email address]
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Dear Environment,
Thanks, I confirm receipt. I am very much obliged
Yours faithfully,
Fred Logue