Ref. Ares(2021)499530 - 21/01/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
Public health
Health security and Vaccination
Luxembourg
SANTE.DDG1.C.3/IK/vm
sante.ddg1.c.3(2021)469672
Sergio Pérez Sangiao
Calle de embajadores 308, 5º B
28045 Madrid
Spain
By e-mail only:
ask+request-8941-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your applications for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/7223
Dear Mr Pérez Sangiao,
We refer to your e-mail dated 24 November 2020 in which you make a request for access
to documents, registered on the same date under the above-mentioned reference number.
We also refer to our letter of 15 December 2020 extending the time limit to respond to
your request according to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
1.
Scope of your request
In your request, you ask, on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011 access to:
‘Each and every one of the Coronavirus vaccination plans submitted by each and every
Member State to the Commission. I also request a copy of each and every
communication in which the Member States sent these vaccination plans.’
2.
Identification and assessment of relevant documents
As of the date of your request (24 November 2020), we have identified 5 documents that
fall within the scope of your request.
You will find attached a table listing the identified documents and summarising the
outcome of the assessment carried out on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Having examined all the documents under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, we have come to the conclusion that:
Full access is granted to the vaccination plans from Germany, Austria and Spain
(documents 2 to 5).
1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
Commission européenne, 2920 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG - Tel. +352 43011
Partial access is granted to the e-mail from Germany transmitting the English
version of the German vaccination strategy (document 1).
We would like to inform you that there was no formal obligation for the Member States
to submit their vaccination plans. Nonetheless, some Member States submitted their
vaccination plans informally. Besides, most vaccination plans of the Member States are
publicly available.
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy of Germany:
https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/fileadmin/Dateien/3_Downloads/C/Coron
avirus/Impfstoff/German_National_COVID-
19_Vaccination_Strategy_long_eng_061120.pdf
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy of Austria:
https://www.sozialministerium.at/en.html
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy of Spain:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/gabinetePrensa/notaPrensa/pdf/24.11241120144436287.pdf You may reuse public documents, which have been produced by the European
Commission or by public and private entities on its behalf based on the
Commission
Decision on the reuse of Commission documents. You may reuse the documents
disclosed free of charge and for non-commercial and commercial purposes provided that
the source is acknowledged and that you do not distort the original meaning or message
of the documents. Please note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming
from the reuse.
3.
Means of redress
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to
make a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon
receipt of this letter to the Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Wolfgang Philipp
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 20/01/2021 14:16 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482
