WTO e-commerce negotiations since April 2021
Maximilian Henning made this Informationsfreiheit request to Generaldirektion Handel
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Dear Trade,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting the following documents:
All documents concerning discussions with EU member states, third states or other stakeholders regarding the ongoing WTO e-commerce negotiations since April 2021.
Yours faithfully,
Maximilian Henning
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 02 February 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 02 February 2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/0739.
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 23 February 2022. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
DG TRADE Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Unit R3 – Transparency, Civil Society and Communications
CHAR
1049 Brussels/Belgium
[DG TRADE request email]
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Dear Mr Henning,
We refer to your e-mail of 2 February 2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered under the above mentioned reference
number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents, which would correspond to your request.
We therefore invite you, in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with
more detailed information on the documents you request, such as
references, dates or periods during which the documents would have been
drawn up, persons or bodies who drafted the documents etc.
If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application, do
not hesitate to contact us by replying to this email.
In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 2 of the Detailed rules
for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 [1]^^[1], the
deadline of 15 working days for handling your application will start
running when we receive the requested clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
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[2][1] Official Journal L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 94.
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Dear [email address],
Thank you for your reply from February 4, in which you invited me to provide further detail on the documents that I am requesting. I am requesting all communication (meeting minutes, e-mails etc.) with stakeholders (lobby groups, companies, civil society organisations, member or third states, individuals, etc.) concerning the ongoing Joint Statement Initiative e-commerce negotiations at the WTO dated after April 2021.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance in specifying the request and thank you for your work.
Yours sincerely,
Maximilian Henning
Dear Mr Henning,
Thank you for your reply of 6 February on the basis of which we have started the processing of your request. In order to satisfy your request, we would however require further clarification to narrow down its scope and to enable us to identify the right documents.
Could we kindly invite you to specify what communications precisely you are interested in ? Do you refer only to minutes of meetings or formal letters? Please also give us a precise indication of the exact or main stakeholders concerned by these communications.
We would be grateful to receive your additional clarifications by Monday 21 February.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
Dear [email address],
Thank you very much for your February 17 response. In the interest of specification, I would like to narrow down my request to meeting minutes and formal communication with the states of China, Indonesia, India, South Africa and the USA concerning the WTO JSI e-commerce negotiations.
Yours sincerely,
Maximilian Henning
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail of 02 February 2022 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on 02 February 2022 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 on 23 February 2022.
An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
held by different Services, which 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 16 March 2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG TRADE Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Unit R3 – Transparency, Civil Society and Communications
CHAR
1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][DG TRADE request email]
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Dear Mr. Henning,
Please see attached the reply regarding your request.
According to our standard operational procedure, you would have also
received the letter by registered mail. However, due to the extraordinary
health and security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19
epidemic, which requires all Commission’s non-critical staff to telework,
we are unfortunately not in a position to follow this procedure until
further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [1][DG TRADE request email]
Aniko MOLNAR
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European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit B2 – Services and Digital Trade
CHAR 05/121
Rue de la Loi 170,
1049 Bruxelles/Belgium
+32 2 295 85 05
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Hello Ms. Molnar,
I would like to confirm that I received your reply. Thank you for your work on my request.
Yours sincerely,
Maximilian Henning