Ref. Ares(2022)3633471 - 12/05/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INCLUSION
Jobs and Skills
Future of Work, Youth Employment
Brussels
EMPL.B.1/PeP/rb
Mr Maximilian Henning
by email:
ask+request-11050-e9912a36@askthe eu.org
Subject:
Your applications for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2022/2277
Dear Mr Henning,
We refer to your e-mail of 20 April 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 20 April 2022 under the above-mentioned reference numbers.
You requested access to documents that concern a meeting between Commissioner
Schmit and the European Trade Union Federation (ETUC) on 5 April 2022.
It was concluded that the following documents fall within the scope of your application:
1. 05/04/2022 – Cssr Schmit meeting ETUC - briefing Ares(2022)3088834
2. 05/04/2022 – Cssr Schmit meeting ETUC – flash report
With regard to the documents listed above, a complete disclosure of the identified
documents is prevented by the exception concerning the protection of privacy and the
integrity of the individual outlined in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
because they contain the following personal data:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
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the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons;
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other information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you
for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that
the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. In your request, you do
not express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has
not been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data
concerned.
Please note that the documents listed were drawn up for internal use under the
responsibility of the relevant services of the Commission. They solely reflect the services
interpretation of the interventions made and do not set out any official position of the
third parties to which the documents refer, which were not consulted on its content. They
do not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
In case you would disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with
Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit 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 Brussels
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Max UEBE
Head of Unit
Enclosure:
2 documents
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Electronically signed on 12/05/2022 20:20 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121