Juncker-Barroso

Generalsekretariat der Europäischen Kommission Die angefragten Informationen waren nicht vorhanden.

Dear Madam, Sir,

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:

- all documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, e-mails sent before and after, and presentations - related to the 24/06/2019 meeting between Mr José Manuel Barroso of the Goldman Sachs Group, and President Jean-Claude Juncker

Sincerely,
Peter Teffer

Peter Teffer
Ekko Voorkamer
Bemuurde Weerd WZ 3
3513 BH Utrecht
The Netherlands

ve_sg.accessdoc (SG), Generalsekretariat der Europäischen Kommission

[1]Ares(2019)6661073 - RE: access to documents request - Juncker-Barroso
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Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 28/10/2019. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
28/10/2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/6118.

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.

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Transparency

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter <[FOI #7413 email]>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 11:29 AM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: access to documents request - Juncker-Barroso

Dear Madam, Sir,

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:

- all documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written)
notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines
to take, e-mails sent before and after, and presentations - related to the
24/06/2019 meeting between Mr José Manuel Barroso of the Goldman Sachs
Group, and President Jean-Claude Juncker

Sincerely,
Peter Teffer

Peter Teffer
Ekko Voorkamer
Bemuurde Weerd WZ 3
3513 BH Utrecht
The Netherlands

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[5]Ares(2019)7137600 - Your application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – GESTDEM 2019/6118

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Dear Mr Teffer,

We refer to your email of 28 October 2019 in which you submit a request
for access to documents, registered on the same day under the reference
number Gestdem 2019/6118.

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 on 19/11/2019.

An extended time limit is needed, as we have not yet been able to gather
all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of your request
and to take a final decision.

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 10/12/2019.

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

Yours faithfully,

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached the reply to your initial request for access to
documents registered under the number GESTDEM 2019/6118.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

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Dear Madam, Sir,

Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.

I refer to my access to documents request which was registered on 28/10/2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/6118. I would like to file a confirmatory application, because I believe a document is, or documents are, missing.

I had requested all documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, e-mails sent before and after, and presentations - related to the 24/06/2019 meeting between Mr José Manuel Barroso of the Goldman Sachs Group, and President Jean-Claude Juncker.

In response, the Commission has identified two documents laying out the programme for President Juncker and the former Commission Presidents.

However, in the register of Meetings with organisations and self-employed individuals (https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiat...) the Juncker cabinet had registered that a meeting took place with Mr José Manuel Barroso *ahead* of the book presentation. It identified Mr Barroso as representing the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS). It has not registered similar meetings taking place ahead of the book presentation between Mr Juncker and any of the other former presidents present that day.

Effectively, the Commission's response is saying that no minutes or other types of notes have been taken about the discussion between Mr Juncker and Mr Barroso.

This is problematic given the outcome of the ad-hoc ethical committee which on 26 October 2016 based its conclusions in part on "the commitment of Mr. Barroso not to lobby on behalf of Goldman Sachs". Without a written record of the meeting between Mr Juncker and Barroso, there is no knowing whether Mr Barroso has kept to this commitment.

I would like to urge the Commission to check its files again for any record of the bilateral discussion between Mr Juncker and Mr Barroso.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/junc...

All the best,
Peter Teffer

Generalsekretariat der Europäischen Kommission

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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Dear Peter Teffer,
Thank you for your email dated 28/11/2019, by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by the
Secretariat-General in reply to your initial application GESTDEM
2019/6118.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 28/11/2019 (Ares(2019)7348552).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (19/12/2019). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery.
 
Best regards,
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
 
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter <[FOI #7413 email]>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 4:17 PM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of access to documents request - Juncker-Barroso
 
Dear Madam, Sir,
 
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
 
I refer to my access to documents request which was registered on
28/10/2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/6118. I would like to file
a confirmatory application, because I believe a document is, or documents
are, missing.
 
I had requested all documents - including but not limited to minutes,
(hand-written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational
conclusions, lines to take, e-mails sent before and after, and
presentations - related to the 24/06/2019 meeting between Mr José Manuel
Barroso of the Goldman Sachs Group, and President Jean-Claude Juncker.
 
In response, the Commission has identified two documents laying out the
programme for President Juncker and the former Commission Presidents.
 
However, in the register of Meetings with organisations and self-employed
individuals
([2]https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiat...)
the Juncker cabinet had registered that a meeting took place with Mr José
Manuel Barroso *ahead* of the book presentation. It identified Mr Barroso
as representing the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS). It has not registered
similar meetings taking place ahead of the book presentation between Mr
Juncker and any of the other former presidents present that day.
 
Effectively, the Commission's response is saying that no minutes or other
types of notes have been taken about the discussion between Mr Juncker and
Mr Barroso.
 
This is problematic given the outcome of the ad-hoc ethical committee
which on 26 October 2016 based its conclusions in part on "the commitment
of Mr. Barroso not to lobby on behalf of Goldman Sachs". Without a written
record of the meeting between Mr Juncker and Barroso, there is no knowing
whether Mr Barroso has kept to this commitment.
 
I would like to urge the Commission to check its files again for any
record of the bilateral discussion between Mr Juncker and Mr Barroso.
 
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the
Internet at this address:
[3]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....
 
All the best,
Peter Teffer
 
 
 
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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached an advance copy of the confirmatory decision taken on
your request for access to documents registered under Gestdem number
2019/6118, adopted on 24/02/2020 in the above-mentioned case.

 

Please note that the Secretariat-General of the European Commission will
proceed with the formal notification of the decision in the coming days.

 

This advance copy is solely sent for your information and is not the
formal notification of the confirmatory decision.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

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European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1

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