Interactions with Microsoft
Dear Climate Action,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents, note meetings which contain the following information:
For the period between November 2014 and March 2019:
- List of lobby meetings held with your DG, with Microsoft or its intermediaries. The list should include: date, individuals attending + organisational affiliation, the issues discussed,
- Minutes and other reports of these meetings
- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between your DG (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and Amazon or any intermediaries representing its interests.
- All documents prepared for the meetings and exchanged in the course of the meetings between both parties.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Dear Climate Action,
I obviously meant:
- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between your DG (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and *Microsoft* or any intermediaries representing its interests.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles
Dear Ms. Kayali,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 8 March 2019. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 12 March 2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/1486.
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European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 2
April 2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
Dear Ms Kayali,
We refer to your request for access to documents dated 8 March 2019,
registered on 12 March 2019 under the above mentioned reference number.
We are not in a position to complete the handling of your application
within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires today. In order to
retrieve the documents requested, large files have to be examined.
In accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents we have to extend the time limit by 15 working
days, the new deadline is set for 26 April 2019.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels