Ref. Ares(2022)5114864 - 13/07/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
Planning, Finance and Digital Solutions
B.1 – Planning & Briefings
Brussels
GROW.B.1
Mr Maximilian Henning
Viktoriastrasse 50a
64293 Darmstadt
GERMANY
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/2977
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail of 23 May 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 24 May 2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to: All minutes, agendas, summaries, notes or memos issued before or
after; documents prepared for, issued in preparation for, or exchanged during; as well
as all correspondence including attachments by either of the meeting parties related to
the 23.03.2022 meeting between Commissioner Breton, Clean Clothes Campaign /
Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne and various other civil society organisations.
We have identified the following documents as subject to your request:
1. Meeting Discussion Points Don't lose the thread
Ares(2022)4033534
– 31/05/2022
2. CSOs Letter_Commissioner_Breton_Textiles
grow.b.1(2022)5394723
– 22/02/2022
3. CAB Breton- 1502 Mini Briefing_background information
grow.b.1(2022)5394723
– 06/05/2022
With regard to documents 1 and 2, a complete disclosure of the identified documents is
prevented by the exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the
individual outlined in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because they
contain the following personal data:
- the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you
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for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that
the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. In your request, you do
not express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has
not been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data
concerned.
Third-Party Consultation
Since document 3 originates from third parties, the originators of the document have
been consulted. Following an examination of this document under the provisions of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents and taking into
account the opinion of the third party/parties, this document may be disclosed as no
objections were made to its disclosure.
Disclaimers:
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or by public and private entities on its behalf 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.
The minutes of the meeting were drawn up for internal use and they solely reflect the
author's interpretation of the interventions made and do not set out any official position of
the third parties to which the document refers, which was not consulted on its content. The
document does not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
Please note that documents originating from third parties are disclosed to you based on
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the rules
on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the released
documents without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual property
right on them. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility from their
reuse.
In case you would disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting
the Commission to review this position.
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:
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels,
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Electronically signed
Laurence de Richemont
Head of Unit
Enclosure: 3
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Electronically signed on 13/07/2022 18:11 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
