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From:
 (HR)
To:
Cc:
@inlinepolicy.com; 
; DYRSKJOT Mette (CAB-VESTAGER)
(CAB-VESTAGER); 
 (HR); STENGG Werner (CAB-VESTAGER)
Subject:
RE: Rover and the Platform Workers Initiative - Introduction and Meeting Request_Ares(2021)6940446
Date:
vendredi 12 novembre 2021 18:13:24
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Our internal references to your request: Ares(2021)6940446
 
Dear 
 
Thank you very much for your kind feedback and for the link that we acknowledge receipt of.
 
For the transparency register number, it is indeed mandatory to be registered (this means you
have to get the final approval of our Secretariat-General) on the Transparency Register Portal
and to get a TR number. The new procedure that entered in force on 01/07/2021 is more
procedural and might take more time than the previous regulation we had  -where you can
publish directly your subscription. This now goes to an approval circuit before you appear as
public on the TR register.
Hereby please find the contact of our Secretariat-General in case you have questions:
Transparency Register (europa.eu).
I hope it will be possible to get the TR number before the day of the meeting (Wed 24/11 at
16h30 CET) otherwise we would need to reschedule the meeting for that purpose.
 
Thank you for your understanding, we remain at your disposal for additional queries.
Wishing you a lovely end of the week and with kind regards,
 
 
From: 
@rover.com> 
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 6:13 AM
To: 
 (HR) 
@ec.europa.eu>
Cc: 
@inlinepolicy.com;
@rover.com>;
DYRSKJOT Mette (CAB-VESTAGER)
@ec.europa.eu>; 
 (CAB-VESTAGER) 
@ec.europa.eu>; 
 (HR)
@ec.europa.eu>
Subject: Re: Rover and the Platform Workers Initiative - Introduction and Meeting
Request
 
Hello 
 
Many thanks for your message and the attachment. I sent an invitation (with
the same videoconference link previously provided) and included you as
well as 
 on the invitation, for visibility/access. We are also
registering at the Transparency Register site and will certainly reach out
with any questions.


 
We truly look forward to this meeting and appreciate this opportunity. If
there are questions in the interim, we are of course glad to field them, and
please don't hesitate to reach out at any time.
 
Warm regards,
 
 
@rover.com | rover.com | Seattle, WA, USA (Pacific Time Zone) | Pronouns: She/Her
206.733.0896
 
 
 
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 4:13 AM 
<
@ec.europa.eu> wrote:
Dear 
 
On behalf of Mr Werner Stengg, Expert Member in the Cabinet of Executive Vice-
President Ms Margrethe Vestager, responsible for ‘A Europe Fit for Digital Age’, we
would like to thank you for the meeting request made to Mr Stengg’s attention and
for accommodating us given the different time zones of the participants!
 
Ø  We hereby acknowledge receipt of the timeslot for Wednesday 24th of November,
16h30-17h00 CET /7am-8:30am Pacific Time. It is now pencilled in the calendar of
Mr Werner Stengg and Ms Mette Dyrskjot in cc of our exchange.
 
Ø  We are happy to note that yourself and  

 will
attending the online meeting.
 
Ø  We however would like to draw your attention on the fact that, in order the
meeting to take place and in accordance with the regulation on transparency
published in the official journal of the European Union (L  207/1 of 11.06.2021) as per
document attached, it is an obligation for the European Commission to publish the
meetings she holds with ‘external’ stakeholders who have themselves the obligation
to have a Transparency Register Number (here is the link in order to register the
company if not yet done
https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/ri/registering.do?locale=en ).
 


In case you encounter issues registering the company, we remain at your disposal for
giving support and especially my colleague, Ms 
, in cc can reply to
the questions you would need to ask.
 
We will be looking forward to your reply and remain at your disposal should you have
additional queries.
Thank you for your kind support and with kind regards,
 
 
 
From: 
@rover.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 4:29 AM
To: 
 (HR) 
@ec.europa.eu>; 
 (HR) 
@ec.europa.eu>
Cc: 
@inlinepolicy.com; 
@rover.com>
Subject: Re: Rover and the Platform Workers Initiative - Introduction and
Meeting Request
 
Dear 
 and 
 
Thank you for your message. I spoke with our Rover team
members, and we would welcome an opportunity to meet virtually
on 24/11 from 16:30-17:00 Central European Time (7:30-8 a.m.
Pacific Time). Both 
) and I
are available at that time, though ) might be traveling and unable
to attend.
 
Here is a hangout link: meet.google.com/prt-wbci-qhv
 
Would it be helpful if I sent that link in an invitation to attendees?
(If so, what would be the appropriate email address for Mrs
Dyrskjot?)
 
Thanks again,
 
rover.com | rover.com | Seattle, WA, USA (Pacific Time Zone) | Pronouns: She/Her
206.733.0896
 
 
 
On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 12:16 AM 
 
 


@ec.europa.eu> wrote:
Dear 
 
No worries, I perfectly understand. Happy to receive a Google Hangouts link
from you. Otherwise we can organise a WebEx (as you prefer).
 
Looking forward to your answer (adding my colleague 
 who will cover
for me from tomorrow as I am on leave until 16/11).
 
With kind regards,
 
 
From: 
@rover.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 4:18 AM
To: 
 (HR) <R
@ec.europa.eu>
Cc:
@inlinepolicy.com; 
@rover.com>
Subject: Re: Rover and the Platform Workers Initiative - Introduction and
Meeting Request
 
Dear Ms 
 
Many thanks for your email. We greatly appreciate that Mr
Stengg is willing to meet with us and that Mrs Dyrskjot will
potentially attend the meeting as well. 
 
I am reaching out to our team members regarding the times in
your email below and will follow up with you as soon as possible.
I would like to apologize for any delay in my responses: We are
located in Seattle, Washington (Pacific Time) and are several
hours behind Central European Time.
 
Regarding your question about video conferencing platforms:
Our platform for virtual meetings is typically Google Hangouts,
though we are glad to use other platforms if that is more
convenient.
 
Thank you again,
 
@rover.com | rover.com | Seattle, WA, USA (Pacific Time Zone) | Pronouns: She/Her
206.733.0896
 
 


 
On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 9:31 AM 
@ec.europa.eu> wrote:
Dear 
,
 
On behalf of Mr Werner Stengg, I would like to thank you for your
message and to express his availability for a virtual meeting on the
following possible dates:
 
22/11 - 12:00-12:30
23/11 - 11:30-12:00
24/11 – 16:30-17:00
 
Mr Stengg might be accompanied by his colleague Member of Cabinet
Mrs Mette Dyrskjot with whom he is working on the file you mentioned, .
 
Please communicate your preference for a suitable date and also for a
video platform you would like to use.
 
For transparency purposes, this meeting will be published in the
Transparency Register of the European Commission. Please make sure
your organisation is duly registered.
The Cabinet does not intend to communicate actively on the content of
this meeting. However, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
minutes can be made accessible to the public upon request (without any
disclosure of protected interests).
 
Looking forward to hearing from you.
 
With kind regards,
 
 
 
European Commission
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
@ec.europa.eu
 
 
 
 
 
From: 
@rover.com> 
Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:11 PM

To: STENGG Werner (CAB-VESTAGER)
<
@ec.europa.eu>
Cc: 
@inlinepolicy.com>
Subject: Rover and the Platform Workers Initiative - Introduction
and Meeting Request
 
Dear Mr. Stengg,
 
I hope this email finds you well.
 
By way of introduction, I am 
at Rover.com. Rover operates a
website- and app-based platform used by pet lovers
who want to find or offer traditional neighborhood pet
care, such as pet sitting or dog walking. Our company
was founded in the United States in 2011. Today, we
are grateful and privileged that pet lovers are choosing
to use our platform across six European Union
countries, namely Germany, Italy, France, Spain,
Sweden, and the Netherlands. The attached documents
provide more information about Rover and the Rover
platform community.
 
As described in the attachments, the Rover model is
different from other platform models: For example,
unlike the models adopted by rideshare and delivery
platforms, the Rover platform functions as an online
business directory with built-in tools to make
communication and booking pet care easier than it
would be without the platform. People who decide to
book pet parent clients through the website/app choose
their rates, schedules, client lists, and other aspects of
the pet care they want to provide. They are not
automatically “paired” with a pet parent – they choose
their clients. Rover did not invent neighbourhood pet
care (which will exist with or without Rover); we do
however believe that our platform and the community
who uses it are expanding and elevating an important
community tradition.
 
With the upcoming EU legislative proposal on platform
workers expected in December, we would greatly
appreciate the opportunity to have a short meeting with
you to exchange ideas for best practice regulation in
this area. Given your position within the Vestager
Cabinet, we would be extremely interested in hearing
your perspectives on this regulation and would value
the opportunity to introduce Rover’s unique business
model to you. We would also be happy to share our
experience of engaging on similar issues in the US; and


establish a better understanding of how the changing
platform worker environment in the EU would affect
Rover’s services.
 
I plan to travel from the US to Brussels for meetings
from Wednesday 17th November to Friday 19th
November along with our
e appreciate that this is short
notice, but we would be privileged and delighted to
organise a short meeting with you or relevant
colleagues on one of these dates, if it would be
possible.
 
Would you be able to let me know if you would be
available for a short meeting on the dates noted above?
 
I look forward to hearing from you and I hope that we
can find a time for a meeting.
 
Kind regards,
 
 
@rover.com | rover.com
206.733.0896