Ref. Ares(2020)2795019 - 29/05/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Directorate I. Legal, institutional and procedural matters
I.3. Enforcement of legislation, Relations with the European Ombudsman and Access to documents
Head of Unit
Brussels,
I.3/KVK/VA D (2020)
3186505
Mr. Dieter Bael
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/2527
We refer to your e-mail of 30/04/2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 04/05/2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to documents which contain the following information:
European
Commission (2010). Agriculture and Rural Development: The Common Agricultural
Policy after 2013. Public Debate Summary Report.
We identified 3 documents which are attached in this letter. Please note that a complete
disclosure of the 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:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
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the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons;
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handwritten signatures/abbreviated signatures of 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
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.
You may reuse the 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 documents. Please note that the
Commission does not assume liability stemming from the reuse.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels,
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Karl von Kempis
e-signed
Encl.: 3 doc. + 1 list
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Electronically signed on 29/05/2020 09:05 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563