Ref. Ares(2020)3336571 - 26/06/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
BUDGET 
 
 
  The Director-General 
Brussels  
BUDG/GK 
Mr Mathias Schindler 
Bundestagsbüro Julia Reda, MdEP 
Unter den Linden 50 
DE - 11011 BERLIN 
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx 
Dear Mr Schindler, 
Subject: Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/3447 
We  refer  to  your  e-mail  of  08  June  2020  in  which  you  make  a  request  for  access  to 
documents, registered on the same date under the above-mentioned reference number. 
You request “any information related to palantir and its products and services, including 
a)  meeting records (drafts, memos, invitations, appointments, cancellations)  
involving Palantir officials and people representing Palantir and their interests. 
b)  correspondence (including within the [Authority name] and with the European 
institutions concerning Palantir technologies and / or its products and services or 
the regulatory environment of the EU that affects their products and services. 
This may include policy papers, consultation input, memoranda or any other form 
of information. 
c)  invoices, tenders, service agreements, purchases, orders, procurement 
documents, offers etc. concerning products and services using Palantir 
Technologies.” 
We  regret  to  inform  you  that  the  Directorate  General  for  Budget  does  not  hold  any 
documents that correspond to the description given in your application.   
As  specified  in  Article  2(3)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1049/2001,  the  right  of  access  as 
defined  in  that  regulation  applies  only  to  existing  documents  in  the  possession  of  the 
institution.  
Given  that  no  such  documents,  corresponding  to  the  description  given  in  your 
application,  are  held  by  the  Directorate-General  for  Budget,  we  are  not  in  a  position  to 
fulfil your request. 
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. 
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 
 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx 

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Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt 
of this letter to the Secretariat-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 Brussels 
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
 
Gert Jan KOOPMAN 
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Electronically signed on 26/06/2020 08:26 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563

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