List of "early warning items", EU-US regulatory cooperation
Dear Trade,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
a complete list of "early warning items" between the EU and the U.S. since "The Joint U.S.-EU Statement on Early Warning and Problem Prevention Principles and Mechanisms", adopted at the Bonn Summit in June 1999, including items following the adoption in 2002 of the "Guidelines on Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency" (2002) to date.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Thank you for your request for access to documents.
Unfortunately you have not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and handling your request in line with the procedural requirements. Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience. Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the registration of your request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your request:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Best regards,
DG TRADE
Dear Trade,
My apologies.
My postal address:
Kenneth Haar
Overgaden oven Vandet 12
1415 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
To DG Trade,
In reply to a request for access to documents, I was notified on 4. June that the request came without indication of my postal address, and for that reason only it did not - according to the reply - it was not in line with procedural requirements. I immediately sent you my postal address, but since then I have not heard back from you.
As I hope we can avoid further delay, I urge you to get back to me as soon as possible and tell me how you want to handle this.
I insert the original request below - with the required postal address added.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Trade,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as
developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which
contain the following information:
a complete list of "early warning items" between the EU and the
U.S. since "The Joint U.S.-EU Statement on Early Warning and
Problem Prevention Principles and Mechanisms", adopted at the Bonn
Summit in June 1999, including items following the adoption in 2002
of the "Guidelines on Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency"
(2002) to date.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Overgaden oven Vandet 12
1415 Copenhagen
Denmark
Tlph. +45 - 23600631
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your request. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 15/06/2015 under reference number GestDem 2015/3176. We were not able to register your request as soon as we received due to the need of verifying whether it falls under the responsibility of DG Trade or of any other DG.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 06/07/2015. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.
Yours faithfully,
DG TRADE
Dear Sir or Madam, DG Trade,
Today the time limit expired on my request for access to documents, reference number GestDem 2015/3176.
In my view, the request was limited and precise.
Could you give a status?
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Thank you for your message regarding your request with reference number: Getsdem 2015/3176.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we were not be in a position to complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires today.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns documents held by different Services that must be consulted. We are currently in contact with DG GROW (ex-ENTR) who seems to have been at the time (2002) leading on the regulatory cooperation in question. Please also note that if the list that you have requested does not exist and can therefore not be identified under the Regulation 1049/2001, we will be compiling it for you under the Good Administrative Conduct.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 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 28/07/2015.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
DG Trade
Dear sir or madam at DG Trade.
Re: Gestdem 2015/3176, I am still waiting for the documents. The latest deadline set by you, expired on the 28th of July. Can you please inform me asap whether a final response is in the pipeline?
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Yes, we are indeed handling your request at the moment. However, the identification and individual assessment of the documents will still take some time.
We will try to keep you better informed and send you our reply as soon as possible.
Please accept our apologies for the delay.
Best regards,
DG TRADE
To DG Trade.
This is to remind you that my request, Gestdem 2015/3176 of June 4, has not been processed yet.
Can I expect to see the documents this week?
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Up to date DG TRADE has not identified documents corresponding to your request. However, the Unit in charge with your request is trying to retrieve the information from other services in order to provide you with the list. We apologize for the delay, the attempt to retrieve the information is being difficult also due to the holiday period and the fact that the list requested is about 20 years old.
We hope to receive more information from the other services by early September.
Please do not hesitate to contact us, should you need further information.
Regards,
DG TRADE
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To DG Trade.
Dear sir or madam.
Can you give me an update on my request, Gestdem 2015/3176 of June 4?
The latest I heard was that you expected news in the beginning of September.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
To DG Trade
I have not heard back for quite a while on my request for a list on "early warning items", Gestdem 2015/3176 of June
4.
Could you please indicate whether this is still in process, and when I can expect something from you?
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Your reply is in circulation for signature.
We hope you will receive it in a few days.
Regards,
DG TRADE
To DG Trade
Can you give me a further hint if the documents concerning Gestdem 2015/3176 of June 4 are on their way to my inbox?
On 24. September, I was told they would arrive within a few days.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Thank you for your access to documents request registered as Gestdem
2015/3176 requesting access to documents under Regulation No 1049/2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents.
Please find attached the preliminary copy of our reply. Please note that
this decision will be sent to you via registered mail.
I would like to appologies for the delay in the reply, which was due to
our efforts to identify any relevant information to respond to your
request. Unfortunately with no luck.
You may want to visit the pages on trade relations with the US of the
Directorate General for Trade in Europa, the European Commission's
website, at:
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countri...
[2]http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focu...
We would greatly appreciate if you could acknowledge receipt of this
email.
Yours sincerely,
Indre VAICEKAUSKAITE
[3]http://ec.europa.eu/trade/images/ec-logo...
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit E1 – USA and Canada
CHAR 6/236
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 61 07
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To DG Trade
Thank you for your final response to Gestdem
2015/3176.
I will send a confirmatory application shortly, and a number of separate requests to DG Trade and other directorates to acquire the information necessary to compile the list myself - which will involve a substantial number of documents.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
To DG Trade,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of DG Trade's handling of my FOI request 'List of "early warning items", EU-US regulatory cooperation', GestDem 2015/3176.
In the request, I asked for "a complete list of "early warning items" between the EU and the U.S. since "The Joint U.S.-EU Statement on Early Warning and Problem Prevention Principles and Mechanisms", adopted at the Bonn Summit in June 1999, including items following the adoption in 2002 of the "Guidelines on Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency" (2002) to date."
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/list_...
As can be seen from the correspondance, I was notified at an early stage that no such document existed, but that it would be compiled, pending responses from other Directorate Generals. After about four months, I received the rejection - referring merely to the fact that no such document exists, which I was aware of, of course.
It seems untrustworthy to me, that after asking for material from other DGs for months (which is what DG Trade says it has done), the end result is nothing. Also, the final letter provides no explanation.
In this case, by the way, both DG Trade and other DGs and me, would avoid wasting a lot of time, if the list is produced and provided. I am perfectly capable of compiling such a list myself, but I would then first have to ask for a considerable amount of documents, from DG Trade as well as other DGs.
I therefore ask DG Trade to reconsider the matter.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Dear Mr Haar,
Your request of review has been forwarded to Secretary General, as by procedure.
They will inform you of the next stages.
Thank you,
DG TRADE
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 19/10/2015.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access to documents, which was registered on 19/10/2015 under reference number GestDem 2015/3176 – Ares(2015)4394909.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days.
The time limit will expire on 10/11/2015. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence
Berl. 05/315
Dear Mr Haar,
Kindly find herewith a letter concerning your confirmatory application for
access to documents (gestdem 2015/3176).
Yours sincerely,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence
Berl. 05/315
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Dear Mr Haar,
Kindly find herewith a letter concerning your confirmatory application for
access to documents (gestdem 2015/3176).
Yours sincerely,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence
Berl. 05/315
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Dear Mr Haar,
Kindly find the answer to your confirmatory application concerning your
request for access to documents pursuant to Regulation (EC) N° 1049/2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents (Gestdem 2015/3176).
Yours sincerely,
Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence
Berl. 05/315