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Dear Sir or Madam, We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents sent on 20/07/2023 and registered on 25/07/2023 under the case number 2023/4343. We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of registration. The time-limit expires on 16/08/2023. We will let you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days. To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see the privacy statement. ( https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and-values/transparency/access-documents/privacy-statement ) Yours faithfully, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations - Access to Documents European Commission

Dear Ms Izuzquiza, We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents registered on 25 July 2023 with reference number EASE 2023/4343. Although you are requesting documents “*under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001*”, in your application you ask for “…*the funding provided by the European Commission to the Kingdom of Morocco since 2013*” and in particular “…*the type and/or purpose of the funding (for instance, migration matters, development, etc); the date and timeframe for the receipt and execution of the funding; the amount provided - under which EU programme or budget is the funding being provided; the intended use of the funding and any expected results or deliverables*”. We are of the opinion that your request would be better dealt as a **request for information** and could be transferred to the relevant department of DG NEAR. The main difference between request for information and request for access to documents is that in a request for information, which is handled by the unit in DG NEAR responsible for the concrete program/project you are asking for, Colleagues can reply and provide concrete information to your query. A request for information shall be handled under the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour ( https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/code-of-good-administrative-behaviour_en.pdf ). On the other hand, in a **request for access to documents under the Regulation 1049/2001**, DG NEAR will not provide concrete information but will share documents, if they exist, that may match what you are asking for. Please note that the Regulation 1049/2001 concerns only to documents in possession of the Commission and does not require the Commission to create new documents in order to meet a given request, not even by compiling information from other existing documents. We would be grateful if you could inform us if you agree to treat your request as a **request for information** as soon as possible and in any case within five working days upon receipt of this letter. Thank you very much. Best regards,

Dear Ms Izuzquiza, We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents registered on 25 July 2023 with reference number EASE 2023/4343. A kind reminder to please let us know if you agree to treat your request as a request for information. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards

Dear Ms Izuzquiza, Concerning your request for information on the European allocations to Morocco, the Commission has collected information concerning the bilateral allocations on the current and previous Multiannual financial framework. The new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) frames the EU’s cooperation for the period 2021-2027. The instrument’s approach includes grant funding as well as blending grants with loans from European and International Financing Institutions. For the period 2021-2027, the EU’s bilateral assistance to Morocco under the NDICI instrument amounts to EUR 1.6 billion approximately. Allocations for 2021 and 2022 amount to EUR 240 million and EUR 241 respectively. Priority sectors supported in the 2021 and 2022 are the following: Sustainable and inclusive economies; green growth and climate action with a focus on energy transition; support to social sectors (social protection extension and higher education and research) and gender/women support as well as support to civil society and good governance. The European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) was the key EU financing instrument for bilateral cooperation in Morocco for the period 2014-2020. For this period, the EU’s bilateral assistance to Morocco under the ENI amounted to EUR 1.4 billion and focused on the following priority sectors: * Equitable access to social services; * Democratic governance, the rule of law and mobility; * Employment and sustainable and inclusive growth; * Enhanced capacity of civil society. Under the EU External Investment Plan and the blending mechanism of the Neighbourhood Investment Platform<https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/european-neighbourhood-policy/eipnip_en> (NIP), Morocco has benefited from over €11.5 billion of investment (EU grants of around €120 million between 2014-2020, leveraged by banks fundings) since 2007 for projects in the sectors of renewable energy, electrification, water, transport, urban development, and in support of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. EU grants increase the concessional nature of loans from International Financial Institution and absorb political and economic risks. Best regards,

Dear Ms Izuzquiza, We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents registered on 25/07/2023 under case number EASE 2023/4343. As we have explained in our e-mail of 28/07/2023, your request is formulated as a request for information rather than as a request for documents and cannot be handled under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32001R1049 ) which applies only to existing *documents*. Therefore, we have closed this case. Please kinldy note that we have already transfered your request for information internally to the unit in charge and you should have received a reply to your request today 07/08/2023. We recall that the requested information is provided under ** **Code of Good Administrative Behaviour ( https://ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/service-standardhttps:/ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/service-standards-and-principles/ethics-and-good-administration/good-administration/code-good-administrative-behaviour-and-complaints_en )** **and not Regulation 1049/2001. ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32001R1049 )** ** Kind regards,