DSA Guidelines, Code and Roundtables
Dear European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
Under the right of access to documents in Article 15 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 42 Charter of Fundamental Rights, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001 on Public Access to Documents, I am kindly requesting all documents that contain the following information related to the Digital Services Act (DSA):
- working documents on Guidelines under Article 35 DSA and Article 28 DSA and on the Code of Conduct on Disinformation under Article 45 DSA, since 1 January 2023. This includes, but is not limited to preparatory documents, meeting minutes, notes, reports and presentations;
- working documents on DSA roundtables convened by the Commission since 1 January 2024. This includes, but is not limited to, documents detailing the participating entities and issues discussed in roundtables on the protection of elections and minors, including preparatory documents, agendas, meeting minutes, notes, recordings, reports, and presentations
For context, I am requesting these documents to access information on the EU governance of systemic risks to democratic processes and health.
I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.
My postal address is Via Bolognese 156, 50139 Firenze FI, Italy.
However, I request this information in electronic form.
Many thanks for your work and best regards,
Anna Morandini
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 28/02/2025 and registered on 28/02/2025 under the case number
2025/1222.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 21/03/2025. 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,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
reference number 2025/1222.
Your application is currently being handled.
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 today.
An extended time limit is needed as different services need to be
consulted.
Therefore we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 regarding public
access to documents.
The new time limit expires on 11 April 2025.
We apologise for this delay and any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1222.
Kind regards,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Dear DG Connect access to documents team,
many thanks for your reply and fair solution proposal of 28 March 2025.
Please focus the access to documents on meeting summaries, notes and discussion papers.
Given their relevance to my research on the European governance of risks to democratic processes, health and minors under the DSA, I kindly ask you to provide all approximately 48 documents of these two categories.
If necessary due to the global workload, please provide this access in three batches over a period of 45 working days from today, 4 April 2025.
Many thanks and kind regards,
Anna Morandini
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
Dear Sir or Madam,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered under the
abovementioned reference number.
Unfortunately, we are not able to send the reply to your application
within the given time limit, which expires today.
You will receive the reply to your application as soon as possible.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Dear European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
I am still waiting for a response to this request under the reference number 2025/1222, which is now long overdue. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
I originally submitted this request on 28 February 2025. I received a fair solution proposal on 28 March 2025 and replied on 4 April 2025. On 14 April 2025, I received a message that the reply would not be delivered within the given legal time limit that expired that day. I have not received any further information since.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/request/dsa_gui...
Yours faithfully,
Anna Morandini
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
References
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2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
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Dear Ms Morandini,
Thank you for your email of 3 June 2025 regarding your access to documents
request under reference EASE 2025/1222.
Your reply to the fair solution proposal reached us late, as it was sent
to [email address].
Your application is currently being handled.
You will receive the reply to your application as soon as possible.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1222.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
European Commission
DG CONNECT — ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Rue de la Loi, 51
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium