former Commissioner Joe Borg
Dear Human Resources and Security (HR),
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and subsequent to the documents received via GESTDEM 2010/3407, I am requesting all documents (emails, correspondence, meeting reports, memos, decisions etc) which relate to former Commissioner Joe Borg seeking Commission approval for any new roles or changes to already-authorised roles.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Ms Cann,
Thank you for your email dated 09 October 2013, registered today under the reference Gestdem 2013/5096.
I hereby acknowledge receipt of your request for access to documents.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a response to your request within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 06/11/2013. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
SG B5 – Transparency
'Access to documents'
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
ARES(2013)3328775
Dear Ms Cann,
I herewith reply to your e-mail of 9 October 2013 whereby, further to the
documents received via GESTDEM 2010/3407, you requested access to "all
documents (emails, correspondence, meeting reports, memos, decisions etc)
which relate to former Commissioner Joe Borg seeking Commission approval
for any new roles or changes to already-authorised roles".
There are no documents corresponding to your request as former
Commissioner Joe Borg did not seek the Commission's approval for any new
activity or any change in a previously authorized activity.
May I draw your attention to the fact that the former members of the
Barroso I Commission are bound by the Code of Conduct for Commissioners
adopted in November 2004 (document SEC(2004) 1487/2). This code foresees
that Commissioners shall inform the Commission whenever they intend to
engage in an occupation during the year after they have ceased to hold
office. This one-year period ended on 9 February 2011
Yours sincerely,
Donatienne CLAEYS-BOÚÚAERT
[Réf: GESTDEM 2013/5096]
ARES(2013)3329129
Dear Ms Cann,
I herewith reply to your e-mail of 9 October 2013 whereby, further to the
documents received via GESTDEM 2010/859 and GESTDEM 2011/6140, you
requested access to "all documents (emails, correspondence, meeting
reports, memos, decisions etc) which relate to former Commissioner Benita
Ferrero-Waldner seeking Commission approval for any new roles or changes
to already-authorised roles".
There are no documents corresponding to your request as former
Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner did not seek the Commission's approval
for any new activity or any change in a previously authorized activity.
May I draw your attention to the fact that the former members of the
Barroso I Commission are bound by the Code of Conduct for Commissioners
adopted in November 2004 (document SEC(2004) 1487/2). This code foresees
that Commissioners shall inform the Commission whenever they intend to
engage in an occupation during the year after they have ceased to hold
office. This one-year period ended on 9 February 2011
Yours sincerely,
Donatienne CLAEYS-BOÚÚAERT
[Réf: GESTDEM 2013/5105]
Dear Human Resources and Security (HR),
Thanks for the info about Joe Borg and Benita Ferrero-Waldner. Please could the info about BFW be posted under the correct request: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/forme...
Many thanks
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
ARES(2013)3329432
Dear Ms Cann,
I herewith reply to your e-mail of 9 October 2013 whereby, further to the
documents received via GESTDEM 2010/4477, you requested access to "all
documents (emails, correspondence, meeting reports, memos, decisions etc)
which relate to former Commissioner Charlie McCreevy seeking Commission
approval for any new roles or changes to already-authorised roles".
There are no documents corresponding to your request as former
Commissioner Charles McCreevy did not seek the Commission's approval for
any new activity or any change in a previously authorized activity.
May I draw your attention to the fact that the former members of the
Barroso I Commission are bound by the Code of Conduct for Commissioners
adopted in November 2004 (document SEC(2004) 1487/2). This code foresees
that Commissioners shall inform the Commission whenever they intend to
engage in an occupation during the year after they have ceased to hold
office. This one-year period ended on 9 February 2011
Yours sincerely,
Donatienne CLAEYS-BOÚÚAERT
[Réf: GESTDEM 2013/5106]
ARES(2013)3329693
Dear Ms Cann,
I herewith reply to your e-mail of 9 October 2013 whereby, further to the
documents received via Commission letter ARES(2010) 458989 of 26.07.2010
and GESTDEM 2011/6140, you requested "all documents (emails,
correspondence, meeting reports, memos, decisions etc) which relate to
former Commissioner Günther Verheugen seeking Commission approval for any
additional roles".
There are no documents corresponding to your request as former
Commissioner Günther Verheugen did not seek the Commission's approval for
any new activity.
May I draw your attention to the fact that the former members of the
Barroso I Commission are bound by the Code of Conduct for Commissioners
adopted in November 2004 (document SEC(2004) 1487/2). This code foresees
that Commissioners shall inform the Commission whenever they intend to
engage in an occupation during the year after they have ceased to hold
office. This one-year period ended on 9 February 2011
Yours sincerely,
Donatienne CLAEYS-BOÚÚAERT
[Réf: GESTDEM 2013/5108]
ARES(2013)3330126
Dear Ms Cann,
I herewith reply to your e-mail of 9 October 2013 whereby, further to the
documents received via GESTDEM 2011/6140, you requested "all documents
(emails, correspondence, meeting reports, memos, decisions etc) which
relate to former Commissioner Meglena Kuneva seeking Commission approval
for any new additional roles or changes to already-authorised roles"".
There are no documents corresponding to your request as former
Commissioner Meglena Kuneva did not seek the Commission's approval for any
new activity or any change in a previously authorised activity.
May I draw your attention to the fact that the former members of the
Barroso I Commission are bound by the Code of Conduct for Commissioners
adopted in November 2004 (document SEC(2004) 1487/2). This code foresees
that Commissioners shall inform the Commission whenever they intend to
engage in an occupation during the year after they have ceased to hold
office. This one-year period ended on 9 February 2011
Yours sincerely,
Donatienne CLAEYS-BOÚÚAERT
[Réf: GESTDEM 2013/5109]
ARES(2013)3359039
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Dear Mrs Cann
The decision on your application for access to documents (GestDem 2013/5105) was individually addressed to you as applicant.
If you decide to give it publicity, you do so under your sole responsibility.
The Commission declines all responsibility for the possible consequences of such publicity and would like to remind you of the obligations enshrined in Union law and in national law, and in particular of the obligations relating to the protection of personal data.
Yours faithfully,
Donatienne CLAEYS BOUUAERT
Head of Unit
European Commission
Secretariat General
B.4 Public Service Ethics
BERL 05/358
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 229-62659
[email address]
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Cornelia Trentea left an annotation ()
In accordance to p. 165 of Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 2 May 2007 in Case F-23/05:
“it has to be recognized that a culture of accountability has grown up within the Community institutions, responding in particular to the concern of the public to be informed and assured that malfunctions (...) are identified and, as appropriate, duly eliminated and punished. The consequence of that requirement is that officials and other servants who hold posts of responsibility within an administration such as the Commission must take into account the possible existence of a justified need to communicate a degree of information to the public".
Dear Human Resources and Security (HR),
Thank you for your email of October 28th; I would like to ask you to clarify what you mean.
My email to you dated 24 October was aimed at alerting you to the fact that the Commission had posted replies to requests 5105 (and later 5106, 5108 and 5109) under request 5096. I asked if you could re-post the responses you had provided to the correct request. (In fact as you did not reply to this point, I have now asked the managers of the website to try to sort this out).
But I would appreciate it if you could specify what personal data you refer to in your email and what my obligations are when it comes to this data.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
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Cornelia Trentea left an annotation ()
The purpose of Regulation 1049/2001 is to give access to the documents to the public at large.
A document disclosed to an individual under this Regulation then became disclosable to any other member of the public (legal or natural person) whenever there is a subsequent request.
This interpretation has been confirmed by the Court of First Instance in its Judgment of 26 April 2005 (Sison v Council) and by the Court of Justice in its Judgment of 1 February 2007 (C-266/05 P).