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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:34:05 +0100
From: Karel De Vriendt <Karel.De-Vriendt@skynet.be>
To: Lucian Davidescu <luciandavidescu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ISA programme
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Dear Mr Davidescu,

I am retired from the Commission since end 2011 and I have no access to
my e-mail archive. And I would doubt if such archive would still be
available at the Commission.

That having said, the e-mail you forwarded to me look authentic - and,
without remembering the name of Mr Cotoros, I remember having sent such
mail.

However, there was no attempt to bribe anybody. Sometimes, commercial
organisations wanted to meet because they believed we needed their
products or services. As we worked strictly via public procurement
procedures, we were not interested in this kind of attempts to
influence us. Hence we refused to meet.

We also systematically suggested that organizations that try to
influence the Commission in any way should register in the lobby
register.

I hope this clarifies things.

Regards,

Karel De Vriendt

On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:18:00 +0100
Lucian Davidescu <luciandavidescu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear mr. De-Vriendt,
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> I am an independent journalist writing for several publication in
> Romania as well as  for my website riscograma.ro
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> Recently, I published a story about the e-mails of Romanian
> intelligence director George Maior, leaked by a hacker called
> 'Guccifer'.
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> http://riscograma.ro/8243/dezvaluirile-lui-guccifer-sri-stia-de-patru-ani=
-ca-firma-lui-ghita-a-pus-la-punct-un-sistem-diabolic-bazat-pe-spagi/
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> One of the e-mails from informer Nelu Neacsu described an alleged
> attempt of bribery directed towards your office at the European
> Comission, back in 2010. As it turns out, you discouraged that
> bluntly, by questioning the need for a preliminary meeting and
> suggesting formal, transparent channels.
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> As proof to the allegation, an e-mail from you was included in the
> corespondence.
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> After the e-mails surfaced, mr. Cotoros went to say that the
> allegations are not true, even suggesting that the very exchange of
> e-mails never existed.
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> For this reason, I'm writing to ask you to kindly confirm or deny the
> authenticity of the said e-mail, as well as provide any and all
> comments you see fit regarding this situation.
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> Best regards,
> Lucian Davidescu
> publisher at riscograma.ro
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> From: Karel.DE-VRIENDT@ec.europa.eu
> [mailto:Karel.DE-VRIENDT@ec.europa.eu] Sent: Monday, February 15,
> 2010 1:24 PM To: Mircea Cotoros
> Cc: Bent.Hauschildt@ec.europa.eu
> Subject: RE: ISA Programme
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> Dear Mr Cotoros,
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> My colleague passed your request for a meeting to me.
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> As it unclear to me why you want to meet with us, would it be
> possible to be a bit more specific on the issues you would like to
> discuss with us?
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> Two preliminary remarks as to ensure that we correctly understand each
> other:
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>     The legal base of the ISA programme specifies that "the ISA
> programme shall be implemented in accordance with Community public
> procurement rules". This implies that work under the ISA programme
> will be executed, either under one of the ICT related framework
> contracts that are regularly concluded by the European Commission
> (after open calls for tender) or under ISA specific contracts signed
> after having executed the appropriate procurement procedures. We will
> in due time, using the official channels, inform the market of our
> intentions - and we cannot discuss this in advance with any specific
> company.
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> =C2=B7         We have decided for the ISA programme to be as transparent
> as possible in our contacts with industry interest representatives.
> We have no intention to restrict our contacts with industry interest
> representatives but we want these contacts to be known to all. We
> will therefore systematically report on our meetings with such
> representatives, register and file these reports and we are also
> thinking about listing these contacts on our website. May we
> therefore also suggest that you sign up in the European Commission's
> Register of interest representatives.
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> Kind regards,
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> Karel De Vriendt
> Head of Unit
> European Commission
> Directorate-general for Informatics
> European eGovernment Services (IDABC)
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> http://ec.europa.eu/idabc, http://ec.europa.eu/isa
> http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics
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> Be transparent - Sign up to the European Commission's Register of
> Interest Representatives http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin