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Our reference: A(2021)10588 Dear Ms Izuzguiza, Mr Semsrott, The European Parliament hereby acknowledges receipt of your application for public access to documents, which was registered on September 3rd, 2021. All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. In accordance with the above-mentioned Regulation, your application will be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. The European Parliament reserves the right to ask for additional information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Parliament’s implementing measures. Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application via the fragdenstaat.de website, which is a private website not officially related to the European Parliament. Therefore, the European Parliament cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system. In addition, please note that any personal data that you provide by using fragdenstaat.de website may be disclosed to the general public and visible on this private website. The European Parliament cannot be held responsible for such disclosure. Should you need to communicate directly to Parliament any personal data and would like to avoid public disclosure, you may do so from your private email address by using the following functional mailbox address: AccesDocs(at)europarl.europa.eu Kind regards,

Dear Ms lzuzquiza, Mr Semsrott, On 3 December 2021 , the European Parliament registered your application seeking public access to all documents, such as rules and guidelines regarding costs of litigation before Union courts and in particular with regard to how, and in accordance with which criteria, Parliament: - relies on external legal advice; - calculates its costs where these are to be borne by the other party; - claims those costs from the other party; and - applies limits, reductions or waivers to those costs. Your application has been examined in the light of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 laying down the terms and conditions for public access to the documents of Parliament, Council and Commission. The right of public access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 applies only to existing documents held by an institution, that is, documents that have been drawn up or received by an institution and are in its possession.2 However, the Court of Justice of the European Union has also established that the fact that a document to which access has been requested does not exist, or the fact that it is not in the possession of the institution concerned, does not make Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 inapplicable. On the contrary, the institution concerned is under a duty to respond to the applicant and if necessary to justify its refusal of access3. Following this case-law, Parliament informs you that it has assessed your application and that it has not identified any documents as falling within the scope of your application. Parliament therefore informs you that, pursuant to Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, it cannot accede to your application. Your attention is drawn to the fact that, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 , you are entitled to submit, within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, a confirmatory application asking the European Parliament to reconsider its position. Yours sincerely,