French government notifications under the Services Directive

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Dear DG Grow,

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:
the European Commission's analysis of, decisions on and responses to and actions taken regarding the seven notifications submitted by the French government in 2020 of requirements under the Services Directive (Article 15(7) and 39(5)). The seven notifications are listed here on the Commission's website: https://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/imi...

The notifications are dated 6/4, 28/4, 30/4 and 6/7 2020.

In other words, we're requesting access to documents that show how the Commission analysed the notified measures and their compatibility with the Services Directive, the decisions the Commission has made on these notifications, as well as the communication with the French government and/or French local authorities and other action taken on the notifications.

The online listing of notifications is part of new steps taken by the Commission (in the absence of the Notification Procedure Directive being finalised and agreed) "to ensure that Member States comply with the existing notification obligation under the Services Directive in order to identify and eliminate new potential regulatory barriers." There is, unfortunately, no further information in the public domain on how exactly this will work, which means public scrutiny and informed debate is difficult. There is therefore a clear public interest in the release of the requested documents, as an example that throws light on and clarifies the Commission's new approach.

Yours sincerely,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 06/10/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
06/10/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/5917.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

DG GROW – Access to documents team

 

[2]cid:479385507@17082012-2045

European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG  GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning

 

 

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

We refer to your request for access to documents registered 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 (27/10/2020).

 

An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties which have been 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 18/11/2020.

We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

DG GROW – Access to documents team

 

[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045

European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG  GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning

 

 

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