Ref. Ares(2022)871085 - 07/02/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate H - Western European Partners
SG.H.1 - EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement
Brussels
SG.H.1/UG
Lord Dillon Crawford
16 Legate Place
Clifton
Bedfordshire
SG17 5GU
United Kingdom
By e-mail:
ask+request-10531-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents Ref GestDem No 2022/0360
Dear Lord Crawford,
I refer to your application of 14/01/2022, registered on 17/01/2022 under the above
mentioned reference number, by which you made a request pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents1.
You requested:
“Records — including emails, notes and correspondence — regarding every meeting and
videoconference held by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with Boris
Johnson in 2020.”
Please find enclosed the following documents within the scope of your request:
1. Readout of the meeting between Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European
Commission and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
08/01/2020 (annex 1);
2. EU-UK Statement following the High Level Meeting (via videoconference) with
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Sassoli, then
President of the European Parliament, Charles Michel, President of the European
Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission,
15/06/2020 (annex 2);
1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L145 of
31.05.2001, p.43.).
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
3. E-mail concerning “Prime Minister's telephone call with Ursula von der Leyen”,
28/09/2022 (annex 3);
4. Joint Statement (following the videoconference) by Ursula von der Leyen,
President of the European Commission and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom, 03/10/2022 (annex 4);
5. Readout of the phone call of Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom, with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, 14/10/2020
(linked attached):
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/readout-of-pm-phone-
call-with-european-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-and-european-
council-president-charles-michel
6. Statement by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
following a working dinner with Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom, Brussels, 09/12/2020 (annex 5);
7. Statement by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
following the end of the negotiations, 24/12/2020 (annex 6);
Please note that in the third document (e-mail concerning “Prime Minister's telephone
call with Ursula von der Leyen”) the personal data (the names of the official who does
not occupy any senior management position) were redacted on the basis of the exception
of Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation 1049/2001 related to the protection of the privacy and
integrity of the individual.
You may reuse public documents, which have been produced by the European
Commission based on the Commission Decision on the reuse of Commission documents.
You may reuse the document/documents disclosed free of charge and for non-
commercial and commercial purposes provided that the source is acknowledged and that
you do not distort the original meaning or message of the document/documents. Please
note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the reuse.
Yours sincerely,
Marie SIMONSEN
Head of Unit
2
Electronically signed on 07/02/2022 15:02 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482