EUCS communication from the U.S. administration
Hello,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting the following documents:
All correspondence including attachments (including, but not limited to any emails, diplomatic notes, correspondence or telephone call notes) and follow-ups from and to the U.S. State Department about cloud computing policy and the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS) from August 2023 to December 2023.
Yours faithfully,
Mathieu Pollet
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62 — 1000 Bruxelles
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 18/10/2024 and registered on 18/10/2024 under the case number
2024/5565.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 11/11/2024. 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 Justice and Consumers - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
abovementioned reference number.
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) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 2 December 2024.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
Dear Sir,
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 apologize for this delay and for 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 2024/5565.
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
Dear Justice and Consumers,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'EUCS communication from the U.S. administration'.
I would like to challenge the non-disclosure decision as I believe theses documents are of public interest. Can you please consider sharing partial access, or a redacted version of the documents?
Yours faithfully,
Mathieu Pollet
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62 — Bruxelles 1000
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/5565, sent on 09/12/2024 and registered on 09/12/2024.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 10/01/2025. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case EASE 2024/5565 registered on 9 December
2024.
We are currently working on your confirmatory 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 10 January 2025. A new deadline is
needed as the consultations regarding your file are still fully ongoing.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) 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 31 January 2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.C.1 Access to Documents Team
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[1]RE: access to documents request - EUCS communication from the U.S.
administration - Ares(2025)1501991 (Please use this link only if you are
an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e)
utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mr Pollet,
Thank you for your e-mail.
We sincerely apologize for the failure to reply within the statutory time
limit.
We would like to confirm that the internal consultations in relation to
your application are fully ongoing. Therefore, we cannot commit to a
specific timeframe within when the decision will be adopted.
However, we would like to assure you that we are doing our utmost to
provide you with a reply as soon as possible.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this delay may cause to
you and thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Secretariat-General Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management andAccess
to Documents) - cr
[1]FW: access to documents request - EUCS communication from the U.S.
administration - Ares(2025)1501991 - Ares(2025)2651659 (Please use this
link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si
vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mr Pollet,
Thank you for your e-mail.
We sincerely apologize for the failure to reply within the statutory time
limit.
We would like to confirm that the internal consultations in relation to
your application are fully ongoing.
Therefore, we cannot commit to a specific timeframe within when the
decision will be adopted.
However, we would like to assure you that we are doing our utmost to
provide you with a reply as soon as possible.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this delay may cause to
you and thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Secretariat-General Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access
to Documents) - cr
[1]access to documents request - EUCS communication from the U.S.
administration - Ares(2025)1501991 - Ares(2025)2651659 -
Ares(2025)4002746 (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mr Pollet,
Thank you for your e-mail of 5 May 2025.
As stated in our previous correspondence, the consultations regarding your
application are still ongoing. Therefore, , we cannot commit to a specific
timeframe within when the decision will be adopted.
We would like to apologize for the failure to reply within the statutory
time limits and assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you
with a reply as soon as possible.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this delay may cause.
Thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Secretariat-General Unit A.2 (Document Management and Access to
Documents)
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[4]Your confirmatory application 2024/5565 - Ares(2025)6211358 (Please
use this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Sir,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision
C(2025)5212 adopted by the European Commission on 21/07/2025.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - cr
SGA.2
Transparency
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4. https://webgate.ec.testa.eu/Ares/documen...
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]themeData
Link: [3]colorSchemeMapping
[4]FW: Your confirmatory application 2024/5565 - Ares(2025)6211358 -
Ares(2025)7231812 (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Sir,
Unless we are mistaken, and while checking our records, we have not
received your confirmation of receipt regarding the message below.
Could you please confirm having received the message and also of the
document enclosed?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - cr
SGA.2
Transparency
From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 4:49 PM
To: [FOI #15120 email]
Subject: Your confirmatory application 2024/5565 - Ares(2025)6211358
[5]Your confirmatory application 2024/5565 - Ares(2025)6211358 (Please
use this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Sir,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision
C(2025)5212 adopted by the European Commission on 21/07/2025.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - cr
SGA.2
Transparency
References
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1. file:///tmp/cid:filelist.xml@01DC1D8F.DF8115E0
2. file:///tmp/~~themedata~~
3. file:///tmp/~~colorschememapping~~
4. https://webgate.ec.testa.eu/Ares/documen...
5. https://webgate.ec.testa.eu/Ares/documen...
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