Ref. Ares(2020)3323317 - 25/06/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION
The Director-General
B1/RS/JCV
rtd.b.1.002(2020)3726274
By registered letter with
acknowledgment of receipt
Mr Mathias Schindler
Bundestagsbüro Julia Reda (MdEP)
Unter den Linden 50
11011 Berlin
Germany
Advance copy by e-mail:
ask+request-8149-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Your application for public access to documents – GestDem Ref No
2020/3462
Dear Mr Schindler,
We refer to your email dated 08/05/2020 in which you submitted an application for
public access to documents within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011.
1. SCOPE OF YOUR REQUEST
Your request is phrased as follows:
“I am asking for 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”.
1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx

We regret to inform you that we have not identified any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your request. 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 Institution2. Therefore, we are not in
a position to handle your request.
2. MEANS OF REDRESS
Should you wish this position to be reconsidered, in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) 1049/2001, you are entitled to present in writing, within fifteen working
days from receipt of this letter, a confirmatory application to the Commission's
Secretary-General at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General
Unit SG C.1 – Transparency, document management & access to documents
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Jean-Eric Paquet
2 "
This Regulation shall apply to all documents held by an institution, that is to say, documents drawn up
or received by it and in its possession, in all areas of activity of the European Union".
2
Electronically signed on 25/06/2020 14:32 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563
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