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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INCLUSION
The Director-General
Brussels
EMPL.G.3/AP/cb (2021)8428097
By registered letter with
acknowledgment of receipt
Mrs Naomi Hirst
Advance copy by email :
Global Witness <ask+request-
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/7030
Dear Madam,
We refer to your e-mail of 15 November 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 16 November 2021 under the above-mentioned reference
number.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency,
Document
Management
&
Access
to
Documents
(SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Joost KORTE
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Electronically signed on 07/12/2021 18:26 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482