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EUROPEAN BORDER AND COAST GUARD AGENCY

Mr/Ms Arne Semsrott
Email: a.semsrott.ngmy5zev6z@fragdenstaat.de

Our ref: TO/PAD-2020-00003
Please quote when replying.

Warsaw, 6 February 2020

Your application for access to European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) documents

Dear Mr/Ms Semsrott,

In reference to your application registered on 16 January 2020, asking for access to

Dokumenten, die folgende Informationen enthalten Laut https/ /twitter.com/[Name exnunged
in accordance with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001'] wurden vom Emailaccount
press@frontex.europa.eu Emails an Journalisten geschickt, in denen offenbar die
Berichterstattung über Frontex kritisiert wurde.

Ich hätte gerne eine Liste dieser Emails mit solchen Korrekturaufforderungen, Beschwerden über
Berichterstattung oder ähnlichen Anliegen sowie alle internen Unterlagen (Memos, Briefe,
Entwürfe, Notizen, Protokolle, Emails) darüber, wie diese Emails entstanden, entworfen oder
verschickt und ausgewertet wurden.

Diese Anfrage erstreckt sich auch auf solche Informationen, die nach den EU-Archivierungsregeln
nicht als "wichtig" oder archivierungspflichtig angesehen werden, also insbesondere auch Emails,
die sich noch auf dem Postfach des accounts press@frontex.europa.eu befinden.

Thus

Documents containing the following information According to https//twitter.com/[Name
expunged in accordance with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001], emails were sent
to journalists from the email account press@frontex.europa.eu, apparently criticising reporting
on Frontex.

I would like a list of these emails with such requests for correction, complaints about the
reporting or similar concerns, as well as any internal documents (memos, letters, drafts, notes,
minutes, emails) about how these emails were created, designed or sent and evaluated.

This application also extends to such information that is not considered "important" or subject
to archiving under EU archiving rules, including in particular emails that are still in the mailbox
of the account press@frontex.europa.eu.

Please be informed that Frontex does not hold such documents.

! The non-disclosed part contains personal data, in particular, the name of an individual. The disclosure would undermine the
protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual, in particular in accordance with European Union legislation regarding the
protection of personal data and therefore has to be precluded pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30
May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).

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Z FRONTEX EI

EUROPEAN BORDER AND COAST GUARD AGENCY

Pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, within 15 working days of the receipt of this
letter, you may submit a confirmatory application to Frontex to reconsider its position. Based on Article
8 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, Frontex will reply to you within 15 working days from the registration
of such application. You can submit your confirmatory application by post or electronically.

Yours sincerely,

Timo Knaebe
Senior Legal Officer

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