Dear European Border and Coast Guard Agency,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties and as developed in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, I am requesting access to the following documents related to the Joint Operations Reporting Application (JORA) database:

1. JORA Data Structure and Variable Definitions
- The complete list of variables, field names, data types, and definitions currently used or used between 1 January 2021 and 30 April 2025 in the JORA system.
- Any internal guidelines, data dictionaries, codebooks, or variable description manuals that define these variables.

2. JORA Data Aggregation and Reporting
- Documents or reports showing aggregated or anonymized statistics derived from JORA entries (e.g. by operation, year, or type of incident) covering the period 1 September 2021 – 30 April 2025.
- If direct extraction is not possible, I request any summary tables or dashboards routinely generated for internal or inter-agency reporting during that timeframe.

3. JORA Data Governance and Access Control
- Documents describing the data retention policy, anonymization practices, and classification level applied to JORA datasets.
- Any decision or guidance (including by the Management Board or Data Protection Officer) defining which JORA elements are considered operationally sensitive or subject to security classification.

4. Access Refusals and Legal Reasoning
- Any internal correspondence, legal analysis, or decision notes produced in relation to my previous requests (PAD-2024-00023, PAD-2024-00257, PAD-2025-00184) concerning the applicability of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation 1049/2001 to JORA data.

This request specifically concerns operationally concluded periods (up to 30 April 2025) and therefore should not compromise ongoing activities or public security. In accordance with the principle of proportionality and the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU (see e.g. Case T-264/04 WWF European Policy Programme v Council), I also request partial disclosure where full release is not possible.

Please provide the documents in digital form via the AskTheEU.org portal. I also recall the Ombudsman’s decision in case 104/2020/EWM requiring disclosure through the same platform.

Yours faithfully,
Giovanna Reder

Dear European Border and Coast Guard Agency,

please be informed that I clarified my request on the 17th of February 2026 through the PAD:

I confirm that in point 1 of my application, and throughout the remainder of the request, I am referring to JORA – the Joint Operations Reporting Application.

Specifically, I seek access to the data structure and variable definitions of the JORA (Joint Operations Reporting Application) system, including:

The complete list of variables, field names, data types, and definitions currently used or used between 1 January 2021 and 30 April 2025 in JORA;

Any internal guidelines, data dictionaries, codebooks, or variable description manuals defining these variables.

Please register my request.
Yours faithfully,

Giovanna Reder

Dear Public Access to Documents Team,

Thank you for your message and for proposing a fair solution regarding the handling of my application under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.

I agree to the division of my request into two separate applications, to be processed consecutively as suggested.

However, I kindly ask that you begin with application 2, namely the part concerning:

JORA Data Aggregation and Reporting (aggregated or anonymised statistics, summary tables, dashboards covering 1 September 2021 – 30 April 2025); and

JORA Data Governance and Access Control (data retention policy, anonymisation practices, and classification level applied to JORA datasets).

Once the processing of application 2 is concluded, you may proceed with application 1.

Thank you for your cooperation. I remain at your disposal should any clarification be required.

Yours sincerely,
Giovanna Reder