Ref. Ares(2021)2584316 - 16/04/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
Planning, finance, data
B1. Planning & Briefings
Brussels
GROW.B.1/AS
Ms Myriam Douo
26 Rue d'Edimbourg,
1000 Brussels
By email:
ask+request-9300-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/2175
Dear Ms Douo,
We refer to your e-mail of 8 April 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on the same day under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to: “
All documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-
written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to
take, e-mails, and presentations, correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence,
telephone call notes, and/or text messages including WhatsApp exchanges) - related to
the videoconference held between Commissioner Thierry Breton and BASF SE,
CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association (CEMBUREAU) FuelsEurope
(FuelsEurope), The European Steel Association (EUROFER), EUROMETAUX,
Fertilizers Europe, European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic)and Confederation of
European Paper Industries (Cepi) on March 23 2021, as per Mr Breton's online
calendar.”.
We have identified the enclosed 2 documents falling within the scope of your request.
With regard to the above mentioned documents, 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 information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
-
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
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
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: BREY 08/083
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 public documents, which have been produced by the European
Commission 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 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. Please note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the
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:
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
Sincerely yours,
(
electronically signed)
Laurence de Richemont
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 16/04/2021 16:46 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482
