Digital Services Act - exchanges with lobbyists
To the Secretariat General of the European Commission
Dear sir or madam.
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
1) a list of meetings that address the Digital Services Act (from 1. January 2020 till today) of Commissioners Vestager and Breton and their cabinets, DG CONNECT AND representatives of the European Internet Forum, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, Uber, the European Holiday Home Association, Sharing Economy, European Digital Media Association and AirBnB.
2) minutes and other reports of these meetings;
3) all correspondence with entities listed above that address the Digital Services Act, including emails from 1. January 2020 till today).
In case my description is not sufficiently precise, I hereby would like to ask you to assist me in further clarifying the application according to regulation 1049/01 article
6.2.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial
release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 working days, according to the regulation.
Yours faithfully,
Kenneth Haar
Overgaden oven Vandet 12
1415 Copenhagen K
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Dear Kenneth Haar,
Thank you for your e-mail of 26/08/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
26/08/2020 under the following reference numbers:
* GESTDEM 2020/5055: Directorate-General for Communications
Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
* GESTDEM 2020/5056: Secretariat-General (SG)
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
16/09/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.
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ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat-General
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Dear Mr Haar,
We refer to your email of 26 August 2020 wherein you make a request for
access to documents, registered on the same date under the above-mentioned
reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today.
An extended time limit is needed as different Commission services must be
consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 7 October 2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
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European Commission
DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
BU25 – Avenue de Beaulieu 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium
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[5]Ares(2020)5317397 - Your application for access to documents RefGestDem
2020/5055
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Envoyé par ve_cnect.public_access_to_documents (CNECT)
<[email address]>. Toutes les réponses
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Dear Mr Haar,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
abovementioned reference number.
Unfortunately, we are not able to send the reply to your application
within the given time limit, which expires today.
You will receive the answer to your application as soon as possible.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
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European Commission
DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
BU25 – Avenue de Beaulieu 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium
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5. https://webgate.ec.testa.eu/Ares/documen...
To DG CNECT
Dear sir or madam.
This is just to remind you that my request for access to documents on exchanges with lobbyists on the Digital Services Act is long overdue, and that your latest deadline on 7 October is now many days ago.
I hope you will be able to send me your reply and the documents soon.
Have a nice weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Haar
[1]Ares(2020)5595007 - RE: Ares(2020)5317397 - Your application for access
to documents RefGestDem 2020/5055
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Dear Mr Haar,
Thank you for your email. You should expect our reply shortly.
We sincerely apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Your faithfully,
DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
BU25 – Avenue de Beaulieu 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium
*** Advanced copy by e-mail and registered mail with acknowledgement of
receipt ***
Dear Mr Haar,
Please find attached document Ares(2020)5634213 regarding "GESTDEM
2020/5055" sent by Mr Roberto Viola, General Director of DG CONNECT on
19/10/2020.
Best regards,
European Commission
DG CONNECT — ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Avenue de Beaulieu, 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium
*** Advance copy by e-mail and registered mail with acknowledgement of
receipt ***
Dear Mr Haar,
Please find attached document Ares(2020)5634213 regarding "GESTDEM
2020/5055" sent by Mr Roberto Viola, General Director of DG CONNECT] on
19/10/2020.
Best regards,
European Commission
DG CONNECT — ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Avenue de Beaulieu, 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium