Ref. Ares(2019)4225455 - 03/07/2019
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
 
Relations EU-African Union, West and East Africa 
   
 
Brussels 02 Juillet 2019 
 
Matteo Civillini  
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Dear Sir, 
Subject: 
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2019/3566 - Initial 
request - EUTF Projects 
We refer to your e-mail dated 19/06/2019 in which you make a request for access to documents related 
to the projects T05-EUTF-SAH-SN-10, T05-EUTF-SAH-REG-20 and T05-EUTF-HoA-REG-27. 
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, expiring on 10/07/2019. 
An extended time limit is needed as 
•  your application concerns three different projects dealt by two different EUTF Windows (Sahel 
and Lake Chad and Horn of Africa),  
•  documents are held by different Services which must be consulted; 
•  it implies a large number of documents; 
•  in order to retrieve the documents requested, large files have to be examined; 
•  some of the documents requested originate from third parties which have been 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 
31/07/2019. 
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.  
Yours faithfully, 
The EUTF Team 
 

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