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 Sir or Madam,

We are writing to you concerning your request for access to documents sent
on 03/02/2025 and registered on 03/02/2025 under case number 2025/0569.

Since you have not indicated your postal address, we are not able to start
handling your request. The 15 working days to reply to your request will
start running only when you send us your postal address.

You can send your postal address by replying to this e-mail. If we do not
receive your reply we may close this case.

Please note that you can submit a request for access to Commission
documents via the portal [1]'Request a Commission document', which does
not require you to indicate your postal address.

Why do we need your personal postal address?

Since 1 April 2014, the submission of a postal address became a mandatory
feature when submitting an application for access to Commission documents
via an e-mail. We would like to explain why we need your postal address in
order to register and handle your application for access to documents when
submitted via e-mail:

• Firstly, to obtain legal certainty as regards the date you received
the European Commission reply to your application for public access to
documents. Article 297 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union (TFEU) states that 'decisions which specify to whom
they are addressed, shall be notified to those to whom they are
addressed and shall take effect upon such notification.' In line with
this provision, if the Commission does not grant full access to the
requested documents, it notifies the reply to the applicant via
registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt or via delivery
service. This requires an indication of a valid postal address by the
applicant;
• Secondly, to apply correctly the [2]Data Protection Regulation (EU)
2018/1725. Knowing whether the applicant is an EU resident (or not) is
necessary for deciding which conditions shall apply for the
transmissions of personal data to applicants for access to documents.
These conditions are not the same for recipients established in the
Union and for recipients in third countries. As the vast majority of
the documents requested contain personal data, the Commission cannot
ensure the correct application of the data protection rules in the
absence of a postal address;
• Thirdly, to apply correctly [3]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Article
4(1)(b) of that Regulation refers to the protection of the privacy and
integrity of the individual and has to be applied in line with the
Data Protection Regulation;
• Fourthly, to protect the interest of other citizens and safeguard the
principle of good administration. The Commission has to treat all
citizens equally by ensuring that the legal framework for public
access to documents is respected. For example, it has to verify
whether Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is being evaded
by introducing several requests under different identities. Indeed, in
its Ryanair judgment ([4]EU:T:2010:511), the General Court confirmed
that Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 cannot be evaded by
splitting an application into several, seemingly separate, parts. In
addition, the Commission has to make sure that the legal framework is
respected and the right of access to documents is not abused by making
requests under an invented identity.

The considerations above show that the request for and the consequent
processing of the applicant's postal address is not only appropriate, but
also strictly necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the
public interest within the meaning of Article 5(1)(a) of Data Protection
Regulation, namely providing a smooth and effective access to documents.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission

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Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 03/02/2025 and registered on 05/02/2025 under the case number
2025/0569.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 26/02/2025. 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 Applicant,

We refer to your application for access to documents with reference
2025/0569, received and registered on 03/02/2025.

It would appear that you are applying on behalf of the organisation
InfluenceMap. According to its own website InfluenceMap has no registered
office in the EU - https://influencemap.org/contact and the address you
provided in Ireland appears to be of a private residence and has no
obvious link to InfluenceMap. According to Detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and
of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents [1]Detailed rules for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents we
only can accept applications from organisations with registered offices in
the EU. If you are making this request on behalf of this legal entity,
please provide us with a demonstratable registered office of InfluenceMap
within the EU so that we can proceed with handling your application.

Thank you for your understanding.

European Commission

Secretary General C1 - Access to Documents

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Dear Madam,

We refer to your initial request for access to documents dated 3/2/2025
and registered under reference 2025/0569.

Could you please indicate a complete postal address?

Many thanks in advance.

Access to documents team - SG.C.1

Dear Applicant,

We have not heard from you following our communication of 06/02/2025
asking you to clarify your status as an applicant from an non-EU based
entity. Consequently we are closing this case.

Thank you for your understanding.

European Commission

Access to Documents SG C1

Dear Madam,

We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 05/02/2025
under the above mentioned reference number.

Your application is currently being handled. However, we were not in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expired on 26/06/2025.

An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns different
Services which must be consulted.

Therefore, we had 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 19/03/2025.

We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours sincerely,

DG GROW ATD Team

Dear Ms Meabh,

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents
registered under EASE 2025/0612. We would appreciate if you could
acknowledge receipt of this message within 5 working days.

Kind regards,

DG GROW ATD Team