EUROPEAN COMMISSION
LEGAL SERVICE
Acting Director General
Brussels, 3 July 2020
By e-mail
Mr Mathias Schindler
Bundestagsbüro Julia Reda MdEP
Unter den Linden 50
11011 Berlin
Germany
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Subject:
Request for access to documents
Ref.:
Your email of 8 June 2020, registered on 12 June, under reference
GestDem2020/3645
Dear Mr Schindler,
I refer to your application for access to documents above-mentioned, under Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001
1, 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.”
In response to your request, I would like to inform you that, after examination of its files, the
Legal Service has not identified any document matching the terms of your request.
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 (Official Journal
L 145, 31.05.2001, page 43).
European Commission, B-1049 Brussels / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.
Office: BERL 1/172. Telephone: direct line (32-2) 295 28 24.
E-mail: karen.banks @ec.europa.eu
Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 states that
“[t]his 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”. Since the Legal Service does
not hold any document corresponding to the description given in your application, it is 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.
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 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
[
signed electronically]
Karen BANKS
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