It\u2019s just like the good old days: the doorbell rings, and there is the postman with a registered letter \u2013 how exciting!! – you sign and open it, but nowadays you are more likely to find it\u2019s a letter from the European Commission refusing to grant access to this or that document.<\/p>\n
These days we refer to the postal service as \u201csnail mail\u201d. And yes, once again the Berlaymont Snail has arrived in Madrid to deliver a letter to Access Info!<\/p>\n
Except that the refusal to grant access to information had already arrived ten days ago via AsktheEU.org<\/a>. The Commission’s use of post to supplement electronic delivery of refusals began on 1 April 2014 when it introduced a policy of refusing to answer requests that did not come with a \u201cvalid postal address\u201d. Access Info Europe is challenging this practice<\/a> before the European Ombudsman.<\/p>\n Have you received post from the Berlaymont Snail in response to an access to EU documents request?<\/p>\n Retweet if #BerlaymontSnail<\/a> has visited you in response to access to EU docs request & ‘Like’ if you prefer email! pic.twitter.com\/5bi4oAWW8b<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AsktheEU (@AskTheEU) November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n