Ref. Ares(2022)4353847 - 13/06/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1
Mr Nikolaj Nielsen
Chaussée d’Alsemberg 9
1060, Saint-Gilles
Belgium
By email : ask+request-11263-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/2854
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail of 18 May 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 19 May 2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to: “
All documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-
written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take,
e-mails, and presentations, correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence, telephone
call notes, and/or text messages including WhatsApp exchanges) - related to the
following meetings of the Commissioners and the cabinets since 27 January, 2020 with:
1. Royal Caribbean Cruises
2. Cruise Lines International Association Europe (CLIA Europe)”.
We regret to inform you that the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMES (DG GROW) does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by DG GROW, DG GROW is not in a position to fulfil your
request.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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 Secretariat-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 t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx.
Electronically signed
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
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Electronically signed on 13/06/2022 15:05 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121