Ref. Ares(2024)1411784 - 23/02/2024
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1
Ms Lora Verheecke
Rue du Bronze 9
1070 Bruxelles
Belgium
By email: ask+request-14177-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref. EASE 2024/0841
Dear Ms Verheecke,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 13/02/2024 under the
above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to a “
List of meetings of DG GROW officials/representatives and
representatives of Mistral AI between January 1st 2020 and today.”
We regret to inform you that the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) 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 DG GROW, DG GROW 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.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter. You can submit it in one
of the following ways:
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
by asking for a review via your portal account (available only for initial requests submitted
via the portal account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
e-signed
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Electronically signed on 23/02/2024 12:33 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121