Exchanges on Pegasus
Alexander Fanta made this access to documents request to Migration and Home Affairs as part of a batch sent to 6 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear access to documents team,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents mentioned in a recent reply to parliament by the Commission (E-000713/2022). The documents in question concern a possible blacklisting of Israeli manufacturer NSO Group and the spyware Pegasus. The reply by Commissioner Breton mentions that the Commission "has raised the issue with the export control authorities of the Member States and with Israel, with a view to mitigating the risks associated with trade in these sensitive products."
I want to request all exchanges with Member States as well as with Israel on the issue. My request is also meant to cover all internal communication within the Commission (such as e-mails, legal analysis) related to said exchanges.
The applicant notes that he has filed an identical request with DG Trade, which was transferred to DG Grow (GESTDEM 2022/3316). DG Grow has informed me in a reply dating from July 20, 2022 that it holds no document corresponding to that description. I therefore hope to identify the DG that does indeed hold the document or documents in question.
Yours faithfully,
Alexander Fanta
netzpolitik.org e.V.
Schönhauser Allee 6-7
10119 Berlin
Germany
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 20 July 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 20 July 2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/4191.
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Yours faithfully,
HOME Access to Documents Team
Dear Sir,
We refer to your email of 20 July 2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 20 July 2022 under the above mentioned
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 on 11 August 2022.
An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
held by different Services, which must be consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit by 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 September
2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
HOME ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear applicant,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents registered under reference GestDem 2022/4191.
Please note, that in light of the Commission’s pledge to become a paperless administration, unless there is as a particular reason to send a reply by registered mail, we only send replies by e-mail.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [email address].
Kind regards
Secretariat HOME D4