Ref. Ares(2022)2202464 - 25/03/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate G - External Relations
The Director
Brussels,
By email: ask+request-10811-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Civilini,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2022/1434
I refer to your e-mail dated 10 March 2022 in which you make a request under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council
and Commission documents1 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’) for access to
documents registered under the above mentioned reference number.
More specifically, you request access, preferably in electronic format, to: ‘documents
which contain the following information:
For the period between 1 January 2022 to date:
- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls and/or interactions of any kind held
by the Secretariat General, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which
“sanctions” and/or “Russia" and/or "Russian" were discussed.
The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well
as the issues discussed;
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;
- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings and/or exchanged during the
course of the meetings. [and]
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or
telephone call notes) between the Secretariat, including any Cabinet Members and/or
officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “sanctions”
and/or “Russia" and/or "Russian".’
1 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Having examined your request under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
I regret to inform you that your application cannot be granted, as disclosure is prevented
by the exceptions to the right of access laid down in the second and third indents of
Article 4(1)(a) of this Regulation which provide for the protection of respectively: the
public interest as regards defence and military matters, and international relations.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to
make a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon
receipt of this letter to the Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
Michael KARNITSCHNIG
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Electronically signed on 23/03/2022 18:33 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121