- For the period between January 2017 and January 2021, framework contracts between Frontex and airlines companies to operate return operations, including Joint Return Operations. - For the period between January 2017 and January 2021, framework contracts between Frontex and other external commercial private partners (such as security services, consultants) to provide services to assist with return operations from the EU to third countries. Please kindly be informed that as regards indents 1 of your application Frontex does not hold such documents. As to indent 2 of your application, please find ten documents herewith attached. Redactions pertain to -    personal data, in particular, the name of an individual The disclosure of this data 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 1049/20012; -    commercial interests. Their disclosure would undermine the protection of these interests of legal persons, including intellectual property, as the expunged parts contain technical and economic information of the tenderer, information on the competences and working methods, his know-how, internal organization, cost as well as proposed prices. As no overriding public interest that is objective and general in nature and not indistinguishable from individual or 1 In accordance with Article 7(3) 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). 2 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). Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01

private interests for the release of this document is ascertainable in the present case, this document cannot be released based on 4(2) first indent of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Please also note that terms of reference and further information from the annexes to the contracts OP/979/2016/RS, Frontex/OP/33/2019/RS, and OP/947/2019/JL are publicly available and thus made available outside the framework of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=2102 https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=4428 https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=5405 Kindly be reminded that the copyright of the documents rests with Frontex and making these works, available to third parties in this or another form without prior authorisation of Frontex is prohibited. Please also note that Frontex does not assume liability stemming from the use of the documents. 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. Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01