Meetings European Commission and Bruegel
Dear Migration and Home Affairs,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting all communication between and about Bruegel (REG Number: 458295331598-02) and the European Commission.
I wish to request all relevant documents from December 1, 2019 to the present. This is meant to include but is not limited to emails and documents (agenda’s, minutes, list of participants, presentations, letters, position papers etc) as well as internal exchanges between Commission services and exchanges with external parties regarding Bruegel.
Sincerely,
Alistair Keepe
Follow the Money EU
Rue Auguste Orts 2
1000 Bruxelles
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 04/12/2024 and registered on 04/12/2024 under the case number
2024/6765.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 07/01/2025. 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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Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6772.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
AGRI ATD Team
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6784.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG.E2
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6776.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
NEAR ACCDOC Team
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6781.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General, SG.D3
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/6772, sent on 20/12/2024 and registered on 03/01/2025.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 24/01/2025. 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 Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6769.
Kind regards,
Unit INTPA D1
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[4]Deadline extension EASE 2024/6788 - Ares(2025)88757 (Please use this
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Dear Mr. Keepe,
We refer to your application for access to Commission documents registered
on 04/12/2024 under reference 2024/6788.
Your application is currently being handled. On 06/01/2025 we sent you a
message via the EASE platform, explaining that we have to extend the
deadline, as we need to conduct internal consultations, which are needed
for the examination of your application. The time limit was therefore
extended by 15 working days in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001. The new deadline is the 28/01/2025.
Unfortunately, due to temporary technical problems related to the
platform, this extension was not notified to you on 06/01/2025. We are
therefore sending you the extension again via email.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused by these technical
issues and will strive to respond to your request as quickly as possible.
Yours sincerely,
SG.C1 - Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
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Apologies, in the last email the EASE number was incorrect.
From: SG E-1 ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 3:05 PM
To: [FOI #15298 email]
Subject: Reply to Access to doc request - EASE 2024/6787
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find the reply to your ATD request above.
Kind regards,
SG.E.1
Dear Mr KEEPE,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number EASE 2024/6773 handled by DG
TRADE. In your application you request:
“all communication between and about Bruegel (REG Number: 458295331598-02)
and the European Commission. (…) all relevant documents from December 1,
2019 to the present. This is meant to include but is not limited to emails
and documents (agenda’s, minutes, list of participants, presentations,
letters, position papers etc) as well as internal exchanges between
Commission services and exchanges with external parties regarding
Bruegel.”
According to the information received from the operational units in charge
of the related files, the handling of your request involves a high number
of documents or page volume – pending your clarification, as requested
below.
It will not possible to cover such a volume within the given legal
deadlines. We would therefore kindly ask you to reconsider your request
and to consider, whether you could reduce the scope and/or focus on
specific context and/or further reduce any period concerned, given the
quite extensive period indicated in your request.
Moreover, given that you apparently have been using a very generic
template for formulating your request, we would appreciate, if you specify
more exactly the type of documents that you are really looking for,
and/or if you can define any specific topics or subject matters.
You could perhaps also consider narrowing down the time frame, for example
years 2023-2024?
Thank you very much in advance for your kind cooperation on this
clarification request.
Once having received sufficient clarification from your side, we would
then cover the identified related documents in any priority order
indicated by you, until a still manageable number of documents is reached.
Therefore, in line with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, we invite you to send us to this
regard more detailed information on the documents you request. 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 5 working days to this
request for clarification, we will close this case in line with our
detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Public Access to Documents Team
Dear Mr KEEPE,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6773.
Kind regard
ATD TEAM
DG TRADE
Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to Commission documents registered on
4 December 2024 under case number 2024/6785. Our services have been
assigned to handle one part of the request, which have been split and
attributed to several services of the Commission.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires tomorrow, 18 December 2024.
An extended time limit is needed due to the need of extensive internal
consultations in the identification process of the documents falling in
the scope of your request.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit by 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 January 2025.
Yours faithfully,
SG RECOVER ATD Team
Dear Mr. Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6774.
On 20/12/2024 we asked you to clarify the scope of your request concerning
DG ECFIN, since it was not clear.
Since you have not replied to our clarification request, we could not
start handling it and we have closed the request concering DG ECFIN.
Kind regards,
DG ECFIN, Access to Documents Team
Dear Mr KEEPE,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6775.
Kind regards,
Access to documents
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICY
dear mister Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6771.
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 07/01/2025.
We feel required to do so because of the holiday rush in december and the
leave of some colleagues. Thank you for your understanding.
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 28/01/2025
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
CLIMA acces to docs team
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Dear Mr. Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6788.
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. Due to the need to conduct internal consultations we will
not be able to send you the reply within the prescribed time limit
expiring on 07/01/2025.
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 28/01/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.C1 - Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
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Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 4 December 2024 under case number 2024/6770.
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, because it involves many different services. We will
accordingly not be able to send you the reply within the prescribed time
limit expiring on 7 January 2025.
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 28 January 2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
The Environment Access to Documents Team
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Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6783.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Dear Mr KEEPE,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6773.
On 15/01/2025 we asked you to clarify the scope of your request since it
was not clear.
Since you have not replied to our clarification request, we could not
start handling it and we have closed this case.
Kind regards,
ATD TEAM
DG TRADE
Dear Mr KEEPE,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6773.
Please find our closing letter attached.
Kind regards
ATD TEAM
DG TRADE
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6769.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
INTPA, Unit D1
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/6776, sent on 27/01/2025 and registered on 27/01/2025.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 17/02/2025. 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 Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6771.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
CLIMA Access to documents Team
Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6781.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6770.
Best regards,
The ENV ADO correspondent team
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6775.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 04/12/2024 and registered on 04/02/2025 under the case number
2025/0585.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 25/02/2025. 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 Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a letter concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6772.
Kind regards,
SG.C1 - Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 4 December 2024 under case number 2024/6770.
The reply to your request could not yet be finalised. Therefore, we are
not in a position to complete the handling of your application within the
extended time limit of 15 working days, which expired on 28 January.
Please be assured that we are doing our best to be able to send you the
reply as soon as possible. We apologise for this additional delay and for
any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
The ENV ADO correspondent team
Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing to you concerning your email of 20 December 2024,
registered on 3 January 2025 in case EASE 2024/6772, by which you submit a
confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council
and Commission documents.
Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request and to take a final decision in your case. We
will not be able to send you the reply within the prescribed time limit
expiring on 24 January 2025.
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 14 February 2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
SG.C1 - Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6783.
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 07/01/2024. 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
28/01/2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
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Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6778.
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 07/01/2025.
In order to retrieve the documents requested, large files have to be
examined.
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 28/01/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.D2 Secretariat
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Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6765.
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 07/01/2025. This is due to the fact that
the application concerns documents held by different Services, which are
subject to consultation. Additionally, part of the documents originate
from third parties, whose responses are pending.
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 28/01/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
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Dear Mr KEEPE,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/12/2024 under case number 2024/6780.
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 07/01/2025.
• the application concerns a very large number of documents;
• the application concerns documents held by different Services, which
must be consulted.
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 28/01/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG G1 Secretariat
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Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/0585.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Coordinator for access to documents
European Commission
DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Unit I.1 Agricultural law and enforcement
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Mr Keepe,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2024/6776 registered on 27/01/2025.
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. Due to the need to conduct internal
consultations we will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 17/02/2025.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) 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 10/03/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.C1 - Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2024/6785.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
We apologise for the delay in the replay and for any incovenience this may
have caused.
Kind regards,
SG REFORM RRF ATD Team
Dear Sir,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2024/6785.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
We apologise for the delay in the replay and for any incovenience this may
have caused.
Kind regards,
SG REFORM RRF ATD Team
Dear Sir,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2024/6785.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
We apologise for the delay in the replay and for any incovenience this may
have caused.
Kind regards,
SG REFORM RRF ATD Team
Dear Sir,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2024/6785.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
We apologise for the delay in the replay and for any incovenience this may
have caused.
Kind regards,
SG REFORM RRF ATD Team
Dear KEEPE , Alistair,
Please find attached the electronic version of European Commission
Decision C(2025)2092 as adopted by the European Commission on 30/03/2025
concerning the request 2024/6776.
In accordance with the Terms and Conditions of this portal, please note
that this decision is being formally notified pursuant to article 297 TFEU
through this electronic platform only.
Yours sincerely,
Access to documents team - SG.C.1
Dear Mr Keepe,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6780.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG G1 Secretariat
[1]Re: EASE 2024/6778 - Initial request - Ares(2025)2980006 (Please use
this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6778.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG.D Secretariat
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