Monaco in the EU/Association
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office FIO,
I would be extremely grateful if without distracting the FCO from its valuable missions, you could take the time to provide me with any documents or legal advice/ any pertaining information which you may provide onto the following:
At this stage so before the negotiations start,
1- What is the position of HM Government with regards to the desire expressed by the Principality of Monaco to enter an association agreement/ framework agreement with the EU. Is the UK supportive of that aim, if yes under what conditions and if not why.
2- Would the UK be prepared to consider Monegasque Subjects in a similar/equivalent manner to other EU Citizens with the same rights and responsibilities. Would HMG expect reciprocity from Monaco concerning UK/EU Citizens.
3- What is the UK input to the negotiations mandate being given by EU member states to the commission in that matter.
4- To HMG knowledge, do all countries concerned share the same opinion, if not which ones differ and why.
Please would you able to provide your information and any reply letter or rejection notice issued as per the FOI Act in a.pdf format instead of a plain pasted reply like an email so that I may be able to better adapt the information to my disabilities(zooming and the like)
Many thanks for your help,
Best wishes,
Matthew William C. Malton
Dear Mr Malton
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.
We received your request on 01 December 2014 and will aim to respond within 20 working days, following the date of receipt.
Yours sincerely
FOI and DPA Team
FCO
Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information Act request
below. Our reference for this request is 1096-14.
Kind Regards
Jolyon Latchmore
Desk Officer for France and the EEAS | EuD-E | W1.65 | King Charles Street
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office | King Charles St | London SW1A 2AH |
Email: [1][email address] | Tel: +44 (0)20 7008 1774
| FTN: 8008 1774
Dear Mr Latchmore,
RE: Refining of request 1096-14.
Thank you very much for your reply to my FOIA request. I understand the FCO's point about its vagueness and I had not realize it would ask so much work to the FCO, something which of course I would not like and never intended to cause in the first place as I believe it would be disproportionate.
I have taken note of the fact that you thought that section 12 would be appropriate in this instance but that you also advised me to refine the request, an opportunity for which I am very grateful.
Henceforth, instead of any documents or legal advice, in relation to my four initial questions, would the following be acceptable to you:
- the minimum amount of documents and or legal advice so as to enable the requester to gain sufficient knowledge so as to understand the position of the UK with regards to the subject of the request; granted of course that the information provided should remain at all times way below the cost limit both as described in terms of finance or translated in terms of days of work as mentioned in your reply from the 19th of December.
In the hope that the above would receive the satisfaction of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Yours faithfully,
Mr Malton
I will be out of the office until 29 December.
For urgent matters please contact Jacqui Carroll on 020 7008 1678. I will
deal with everything else on my return.
Kind Regards
Jolyon Latchmore
References
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2. http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/
Dear Mr Malton,
Apologies for the delay responding to your correspondence. Please see attached a response in PDF format as requested. I hope that this letter satisfactorily answers your questions.
Kind Regards
Jolyon
Jolyon Latchmore
Desk Officer for France and the EEAS | EuD-E | W1.65 | King Charles Street |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office | King Charles St | London SW1A 2AH |
Email: Jolyon[email address] | Tel: +44 (0)20 7008 1774 | FTN: 8008 1774
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