Ref. Ares(2021)3242645 - 17/05/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1/AS
Will AITCHISON
40 Bermondsey St.
London SE1 3UD
United Kingdom
ask+request-9403-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/2900
Dear Mr Aitchison,
We refer to your e-mail of 4 May 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 documentation, on the following meetings between:
- BusinessEurope and Joan Canton, Cabinet member of Thierry Breton on 11/01/2021
regarding Industrial Strategy
- European Round Table for Industry (ERT) and Commissioner Breton and Joan Canton,
on 23/02/2021, regarding industrial strategy.
- Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana (Confindustria) and Joan Canton,
Cabinet member of Thierry Breton on 22/03/2021 regarding Industrial strategy,
automotive, chemicals.
- Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana (Confindustria) and Jyrki Katainen,
Vice-President, on 01/03/2018 regarding Industrial policy
- Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana (Confindustria) and Marika
LautsoMousnier, Cabinet member of Jyrki Katainen on 09/01/2018 regarding Industrial
policy & challenges of EU competitiveness”.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: BREY 08/083
Please note that due to the wide scope of your request covering also areas falling under
the responsibility of other Directorates-General, parts of your request have been
attributed to the relevant Directorates-Generals. This reply relates only to the documents
held by DG GROW. You will receive the replies from the other respective Directorates-
General in due course.
We have identified 10 documents falling within the scope of your request as listed in the
enclosed document register.
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:
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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;
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.
In addition, having examined the document Ares(2021)2714736 (Briefing CAB/Breton
750) I have come to the conclusion that this document may be partially disclosed. Some
parts of the document have been blanked out as their disclosure is prevented by
exception/exceptions to the right of access laid down in Article 4(2) and 4(3) first
subparagraph of this Regulation.
The redacted parts of the document contain commercially sensitive information and
relate to a matter where the decision has not been taken by the institution. Disclosure of
these parts would undermine the protection of commercial interests of a third party and
the institution’s decision making process.
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.
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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
Kerstin JORNA
Director-General
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Electronically signed on 12/05/2021 20:10 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482