Follow-up on draft framework for the use of text and instant messages in EU institutions
Alexander Fanta made this access to documents request to European Economic and Social Committee
Eear 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 access to any recent communication between the European institutions regarding the proposed "common framework for the use of text and instant messages by staff of the European institutions and bodies", as set out in a Commission scoping note in 2023. You may find the scoping note I refer to here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/p...
To clarify, I am seeking to gain access to any follow-up communication between the institutions on this matter, such as letters, e-mails, or, indeed, text messages.
I note that I made a similar request earlier this year, but would like to find out if something has happened since.
Yours faithfully,
Alexander Fanta
Follow the Money
Rue Auguste Orts 2
1000 Bruxelles
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Dear Mr Fanta,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 29/10/2024 under reference n° ICD-AD-11/2024.
Further to our reply, sent on 26/03/2024, to your request for access to documents (ref. n° ICD-AD-01/2024), we identified no additional documents or communications that correspond to the description given in your application below.
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