Meeting Albuquerque - ESMA chair Ross
Dear Madam, Sir
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:
All documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, e-mails, letters, and presentations related to the meeting held on 5 December 2024 between Commissioner Albuquerque and Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority
Only digital copies are required, please consider the environment by not sending me any physical mail.
I am of course available to clarify my request further if needed.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 16/12/2024 and registered on 16/12/2024 under the case number
2024/6989.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 17/01/2025. 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,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Madam, Sir,
I refer to my access to documents request registered on 16 December 2024 under the case number 2024/6989. The request was supposed to have been handled within 15 working days, i.e. by 17 January 2025.
However , I have not received reply since that date, nor the required notification that the Commission needs an additional 15 working days - which by the way is only for exceptional cases.
Therefore I would like to urge the Commission to reply without any delay.
best
Peter Teffer
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Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
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[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
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upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
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a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 16/12/2024 under case number 2024/6989.
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. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 17/01/2025. This is due to the fact that
the application concerns documents held by different Services, which are
subject to consultation.
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 07/02/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
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Dear Madam, Sir,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request registered on 16 December 2024 under the case number 2024/6989. The request has not been handled within the extended deadilne, which expired on 7 February 2025 - more than a month ago.
Article 7.4 of Regulation 1049/2001 states: "Failure by the institution to reply within the prescribed time-limit shall entitle the applicant to make a confirmatory application."
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/6989, sent on 11/03/2025 and registered on 11/03/2025.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 01/04/2025. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2024/6989 registered on 11 March 2025.
We are currently working on your confirmatory request. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within
the prescribed time limit expiring on 1 April 2025 due to the complexity
of the file.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 25 April 2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to documents
European Commission
Dear Madam, Sir,
I have a question regarding my confirmatory request for access to Commission documents for case 2024/6989 registered on 11 March 2025.
You say you are unable to send a reply within the prescribed time limit "due to the complexity of the file".
My request involves documents related to one single meeting. What makes that request so complex?
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear applicant,
We are writing to you concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2024/6989, registered on 11 March 2025.
On 1 April 2025, we extended the time-limit for replying to your
confirmatory request to 25 April 2025.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to send you the reply within this
extended time limit due to the complexity of the file.
However, we assure you that we are doing our best to send a reply to your
confirmatory request as soon as possible.
We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to documents
European Commission
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing in relation to my confirmatory request for access to Commission documents for case 2024/6989.
Today 25 April, you informed me the Commission is unable to send the reply within the extended deadline "due to the complexity of the file".
The file involves documents relating to one (1) meeting. What is so complex about that?
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Mr Teffer,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6989.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
Dear Madam, Sir,
I acknowledge receipt of the reply to my requested registered under case number 2024/6989.
However, I have still not received an answer to my question. The Commission has referred several times to "the complexity of the file".
What was so complex about this file?
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6989.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to documents
European Commission
Dear Mr. Teffer,
We refer to your complaint to the European Ombudsman concerning the
Commission‘s failure to reply to your request for clarification on the
reasons for extending the deadline to reply to your request for public
access to documents in case 2024/6989, submitted on 16 December 2024.
Following receipt of your confirmatory application, the
Secretariat-General consulted the relevant service to understand the state
of play in the preparation of the initial reply to your request. In
accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the
time-limit for responding to your request was extended to allow for the
completion of these internal consultations.
The reasons for such extension were the fact that it was a broad request
requiring an extensive search, consultations with a new Cabinet and the
implementation of new rules of procedure.
We apologise that we were not in a position to provide a more detailed
explanation for the extension of the deadline to reply to your request at
the time. We hope that you find these clarifications useful and we thank
you for your patience.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General – Access to documents
European Commission
Dear Mr. Teffer,
We refer to your complaint to the European Ombudsman concerning the
Commission‘s failure to reply to your request for clarification on the
reasons for extending the deadline to reply to your request for public
access to documents in case 2024/6989, submitted on 16 December 2024.
Following receipt of your confirmatory application, the
Secretariat-General consulted the relevant service to understand the state
of play in the preparation of the initial reply to your request. In
accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the
time-limit for responding to your request was extended to allow for the
completion of these internal consultations.
The reasons for such extension were the fact that it was a broad request
requiring an extensive search, consultations with a new Cabinet and the
implementation of new rules of procedure.
We apologise that we were not in a position to provide a more detailed
explanation for the extension of the deadline to reply to your request at
the time. We hope that you find these clarifications useful and we thank
you for your patience.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General – Access to documents
European Commission
Peter left an annotation ()
Submitted complaint to European Ombudsman on 21 May 2025 about the lack of answer to the question: what was so complex about this file?