Mauritania Railway Modernisation
Dear International Partnerships,
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:
1) all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st January 2024 between representatives of DG INTPA and the EIB relating to the Mauritania Railway Modernisation
2) all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st January 2024 between representatives of DG INTPA and the government of Mauritania relating to the Mauritania Railway Modernisation
3) all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st January 2024 between representatives of DG INTPA and SNIM relating to the Mauritania Railway Modernisation
4) any briefings prepared for officials from DG INTPA for meetings since 1st January 2024 on the Mauritania Railway Modernisation ;
5) minutes of the meetings mentioned above.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
Rue roger van der Weyden 27
1000 Brussels
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 10/12/2025 and registered on 10/12/2025 under the case number
2025/6528.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 12/01/2026. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for International Partnerships - Access to Documents
European Commission
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1. https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and...
Dear Madam,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 10/12/2025 under case number EASE [1]2025/6528
In line with Article 6(2) of [2]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents, we invite you to send us more detailed
information on the documents you request, such as references, specific
dates during which the correspondence would have been drawn up or specific
events related to the project, and, if possible, please precise in which
cases you consider that a correspondence “is relating to the Mauritanian
Railway Modernisation”.
Furthermore, any clarification on which meeting (e.g., date) on Mauritania
Railway Modernisation would be helpful to narrow down our search.
The 15 working days to reply to your request will start running only when
you reply to this message. If you do not reply within 7 working days, we
will close this case in line with our detailed rules for the application
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Kind regards,
INTPA A3
References
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1. https://intragate.ec.europa.eu/ease/case...
2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
Dear International Cooperation and Development,
I am sorry for my late reply and I hope you have not closed my case.
This is the EIB project I am refering to: https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/2024...
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
Dear Madam,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission
documents registered on 10/12/2025 under case number EASE [1]2025/6528.
Thank you for your prompt response and for providing the name of the
project: Mauritanian Railway Modernisation. We appreciate your engagement
on this matter.
In line with Article 6(2) of [2]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, and to ensure we provide you with
the most relevant documents, we would kindly ask for further
clarification. If you could provide us with additional details, such as
specific references, dates, events, or meetings associated with the
project, it would greatly assist us in narrowing down our search. This
information is essential for us to efficiently process your request and
deliver the documents you are seeking.
The 15 working days to reply to your request will start running only when
you reply to this message. If you do not reply within 7 working days,
we will close this case in line with our detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Kind regards,
INTPA A3
Thank you very much for your message.
As very little information has been provided on the project, I can not give specific references, dates, events, or meetings associated with the project.
Could I please receive the minutes of all the meetings which happened between the unit responsible for this project and the EIB and other stakeholders involved in this project please?
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
Dear Madam,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 10/12/2025 under case number EASE 2025/6528.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. In order to retrieve the documents requested (large files
have to be examined), we will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 19/02/2026 .
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 12 March 2026.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
INTPA A3
References
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1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
Dear Ms VERHEECKE,
We would like to inform you that our response to your EASE request will be
slightly delayed.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you
for your understanding.
Kind regards,
INTPA A3
