Information on awarded AWS contracts
Dear Directorate-General for Digital Services (DIGIT),
Under the right of access to documents enshrined in Article 15(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as implemented by Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, I am requesting access to documents and information concerning a number of contracts awarded to Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, identified below by their Financial Transparency System reference numbers.
For each of the references listed, I would be grateful to receive:
* the TED (Official Journal S) reference number, if available;
* the reference of the framework contract under which the specific contract was concluded, if applicable;
* the nature and subject of the specific contract;
* the type of tendering procedure followed, and the award criteria applied;
* the tender documents, including the technical specifications and the award criteria;
* the evaluation committee's report;
* the number of tenders received.
I would prefer to receive the documents in electronic format. Should you consider that any part of the requested documents is covered by an exception under Article 4 of Regulation 1049/2001, I would ask you to grant partial access to the remainder in accordance with Article 4(6), and to state the specific exception relied upon and the reasons for it. I am content for personal data and any genuine third-party commercial secrets to be redacted where duly justified.
The Financial Transparancy System reference numbers are the following:
4500121795.00010
4500133625.00010
SLG.CMM.2024.6537.1
SLG.CMM.2024.21853.1
SLG.CMM.2024.13050.5
SLG.CMM.2024.30106.1
4500093879.00010
SLG.CMM.2023.9416.1
SLG.CMM.2022.26485.3
4500111706.00010
SLG.CMM.2024.21870.1
SLG.CMM.2023.24701.4
SLG.CMM.2023.36966.3
SI2.888487.7
4500093869.00010
SLG.CMM.2022.16561.1
SLG.CMM.2021.16936.1
SLG.CMM.2021.19546.1
4500145159.00130
SLG.CMM.2024.21853.2
SLG.CMM.2024.13046.1
4500111706.00020
SLG.CMM.2021.5176.1
SLG.CMM.2023.24701.5
SLG.CMM.2022.10048.1
SLG.CMM.2024.38398.17
SI2.904642.10
SLG.CMM.2020.1742.7
SLG.CMM.2022.37338.7
4500108623.00010
SI2.888487.9
SI2.911328.13
SLG.CMM.2020.1742.1
SI2.911366.13
SLG.CMM.2024.6551.1
I look forward to your acknowledgement of receipt and to a reply within the 15 working-day time limit set by Article 7 of the Regulation.
Yours faithfully,
Stan De Spiegelaere
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are writing regarding your request for access to European Commission
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European Commission
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Dear Informatics,
Thank you for your reply.
My postal address is:
Rue Joseph II, 40
BE-1000, Brussels
Belgium
Yours faithfully,
Stan De Spiegelaere
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 27/07/2026 and registered on 30/07/2026 under the case number
2026/3811.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 20/08/2026. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit by an additional 15 working days.
If you do not receive a reply within the applicable time limit, including
any extension where applicable, you are entitled, pursuant to Article 7(4)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Digital Services - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr De Spiegelaere,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2026/3811.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DIGIT Access to docuents team.
Dear Mr De Spiegelaere,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2026/3811.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DIGIT Access to docuents team.