WiFi4EU current situation
Dear Madam, Sir,
Regulation (EU) 2017/1953 set up the WiFi4EU initiative, which provided financial support to municipalities that set up a public WiFi network. The municipalities were required to keep the network online for at least three years.
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 with an overview of municipalities that have received financial support in the form of the WiFi4EU voucher, and which of these municipalities maintained their WiFi network over the course of time.
- All documents related to non-compliance of municipalities with the WiFi4EU conditions.
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
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We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 12/01/2024 and registered on 12/01/2024 under the case number
2024/0195.
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Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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For further correspondence please contact them directly via
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We are writing in reference to your request for access to documents
submitted to the Secretariat General (SG) of the European Commission
concerning documents in relation to the WIFI4EU voucher.
Since this initiative has been managed by the Health and Digital Executive
Agency (HaDEA), the SG has reattributed your request to our Agency.
Therefore, your request has been registered by our services on 1 February
under the reference number: Ares(2024)762455.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
22/02/2024. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due time.
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Yours sincerely,
HaDEA Access to documents team
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Dear Mr Teffer,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents
related to the “WiFi4EU current situation”.
Yours sincerely,
HaDEA Access to documents team
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From: HADEA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 12:56 PM
To: [FOI #14051 email]
Subject: Your access to documents request - WiFi4EU current situation -
Ares(2024)764394
Dear Mr Teffer,
We are writing in reference to your request for access to documents
submitted to the Secretariat General (SG) of the European Commission
concerning documents in relation to the WIFI4EU voucher.
Since this initiative has been managed by the Health and Digital Executive
Agency (HaDEA), the SG has reattributed your request to our Agency.
Therefore, your request has been registered by our services on 1 February
under the reference number: Ares(2024)762455.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
22/02/2024. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due time.
We remain at your disposal for any further information you might need.
For information on how we process your personal data you can visit our
page: [6]HaDEA Data Protection (europa.eu)
Yours sincerely,
HaDEA Access to documents team
.
Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
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Dear Madam, Sir
Thank you for your reply to my request regarding WiFi4EU. I appreciate that you provided some information in the form of a spreadsheet.
I have a request for clarification though. You wrote: “It is also noteworthy that, in November 2023, HaDEA estimated that 85% of the municipalities that had reached the end of their 3-year legal obligation were continuing to provide this connectivity service to their citizens and visitors, as reported in Agency’s remote monitoring system.”
For HaDEA to make such an estimate, wouldn’t there be documents which are the source for that document? And wouldn’t the mentioned monitoring system’s report fall under my request for documents?
Best
Peter Teffer
Dear Mr. Teffer,
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your request for clarifications of 2 April 2024 concerning our reply to your access to documents request with reference number: Ares(2024)762455. It was registered on 10 April 2024 under reference number: Ares(2024)2631224.
Your application will be handled within 15 working days.
The time limit, which takes into account the day (1 May 2024) in which the European Commission is closed, will expire on 2 May 2024. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due time.
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Yours sincerely,
HaDEA Access to documents team
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We thank you for your email of 2 April concerning WiFI4EU which has
received our fullest attention.
In this regard, we would like to inform you that the answer to your
request for clarification is currently in progress with the services
concerned and we are doing our utmost to providing you with the reply in
the best delay.
We thank you for your kind understanding.
Yours sincerely,
HaDEA access to documents team
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We are writing in relation to your follow-up question concerning the
WiFi4EU initiative.
In this regard, we would like to inform you that there is no existing
“document” underpinning the estimate you refer to. The Agency’s
calculation was based on raw data extracted from our remote monitoring
system in November 2023. The data was then processed and resulted in the
estimated percentage of WiFi4EU networks still reporting daily connection
in municipalities after they had reached the end of their 3-year legal
obligation.
Our remote monitoring system “reports” data on a daily basis but this does
not lead to the production of a document as such as the data are
incorporated in a dashboard of indicators.
We thank you very much for your interest in the WiFi4EU initiative.
Yours sincerely,
HaDEA Access to documents team
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Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
Established by the European Commission
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