Dear Mr Desmet,

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Yours sincerely,

The Information Centre and Document Management Sector of the EESC

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Dear Mr Desmet,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 10/04/2025
under reference n° ICD-AD-03/2025. 
In response to your request, we would like to inform you that we did not
identify any documents that correspond to the description given in your
application.
We invite you to contact Europe Direct, the service that provides
practical information regarding the European Union. It is available at the
following address: [1]https://europa.eu/european-union/contact....
With this reply, the European Economic and Social Committee considers
your application as handled and the file closed. 
Should you have any new requests for specific documents, please do not
hesitate to come back to us. 
Yours sincerely, 
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
 
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Data Protection Notice - According to Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation
(EU) 2018/1725 (EUDPR), we are processing your personal data in order to
reply to your request. The controller is the EESC. The legal basis for
this processing operation is Article 5(1)(b) of the EUDPR, since
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which
the EESC is subject. The data processed include your contact details, your
request, as well as personal data that might be collected during the
handling of your request. For the EESC, administrative staff and hierarchy
involved in the request handling will have access to the case file
containing your personal data on a need-to-know basis. Your data will only
be transferred to other EU institutions and bodies or to third parties
when it is necessary to ensure the appropriate handling or follow up of
your request. Your data will be stored by the EESC in electronic files for
two years, unless legal proceedings require us to keep them for a longer
period. Afterwards, only a brief anonymous note will be included in a file
in order to keep record of the request. You have the right of access to
your personal data and to relevant information concerning how we use it.
You have the right to rectify your personal data. Under certain
conditions, you have the right to ask that we delete your personal data or
restrict its use. We will consider your request, take a decision and
communicate it to you. For more information, please see Articles 14 to 21,
23 and 24 of the EUDPR. Any request to exercise your rights should be
addressed to the EESC at [2][EESC request email]. You may also
contact the EESC data protection officer by using  the relevant [3]contact
form, if you have any remarks regarding the way we process your personal
data. You have also the right to lodge a complaint with the EDPS by using
the relevant [4]contact form.

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From: walter desmet <[FOI #15800 email]>
Sent: 09 April 2025 6:32 PM
To: access2documents <[EESC request email]>
Subject: access to documents request - EU Equivalent for Current birth
registration process for a state vital record jurisdiction
 
Dear European Economic and Social Committee,

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:
Dear Justice and Consumers,

I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

I'm searching for the EU Figure for Current birth registration process for
a state vital record jurisdiction like the following link from the USA

[5]https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlo...

It is this document, specific for page 7-8/52
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                          
Without prejudice, all rights reserved.

:walter-jozef-rosalie:desmet.

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