Ref. Ares(2023)524996 - 24/01/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
ENVIRONMENT
Circular Economy
Circular Economy, Sustainable Production & Consumption
Brussels
ENV.B.1
Olivier Petitjean
2 impasse Delaunay
F-75011 Paris
Email:
ask+request-11751-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/4699
Dear Mr Petitjean,
We refer to your request for access to European Commission documents registered on 19
August 2022 under the above mentioned reference number.
You request access to all documentation (including but not limited to all email
correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and
minutes/notes) relating to the meetings listed below:
1. Between Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member) and Eastman Chemical Company, on
3rd March, 2022
2. Between Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General) and Cefic on 7th September 2021
3. Between Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General) and Cefic on 27th January 2021
4. Between Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner), Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
and Cefic on 3rd November, 2020
5. Between Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner), Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet
member) and Plastics Recyclers Europe on 22nd July, 2020
6. Between Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner), Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
and Cefic on 10th June, 2020
7. Between Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General) and ExxonMobil on 14th January
2020
8. Between Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General) and LyonDellBasell on 9th July,
2019
9. Between Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General) and LyonDellBasell on 10th
October 2018
I consider your request to cover documents held up to the date of your initial application, i.e.
19 August 2022.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Please note that Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 specifies that the right of
access as defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession
of the institution.
Your application concerns the following 21 documents:
1. Between Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member) and Eastman Chemical
Company, on 3rd March, 2022
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
1 1.1 Request for Eastman
Cab.
19/01/2022 Ares(2022)409406
a meeting
Sinkevicius
Which includes 3
annexes:
2
Annex 1: Eastman
position
3
Annex 2: Letter to
Frans Timmermans
4
Annex
3:
Press
Release
5 1.2 Reply
Cab.
Eastman
24/01/2022 Ares(2022)545421
Sinkevicius
6 1.3 Meeting
Cab.
Internal
03/03/2022 Ares(2022)7361363
report
Sinkevicius
Which includes
7
Annex
1:
Presentation
by
Eastman
8 1.4 Follow-up
Eastman
Cab.
11/03/2022
Ares(2022)1861009
Sinkevicius
2. Between Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General) and Cefic on 7th
September 2021
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
9
2.1
Letter
Cefic
DG ENV
29/07/2021
Ares(2022)7489419
10
2.2
Meeting
DG ENV DG ENV
Ares(2022)7650552
flash
report
2
3. Between Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General) and Cefic on 27th January
2021
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
11
3.1
Meeting
DG ENV DG ENV
29/01/2021 Ares(2022)7847155
report
4. Between Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner), Camilla Bursi (Cabinet
member) and Cefic on 3rd November, 2020
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
12
4.1
Meeting
Cefic
Cabinet
15/09/2020 Ares(2020)4842086
request
13
4.2
Meeting
DG
DG ENV
03/11/2020
Ares(2022)7950406
report
ENV
5. Between Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner), Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet
member) and Plastics Recyclers Europe on 22nd July, 2020
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
14 5.1
Letter
Plastics
Cab.
13/05/2020
Ares(2020)2531781
Recyclers
Sinkevicius
Europe
15 5.2
Meeting
Ares(2023)460689
report –
asked
CAB
6. Between Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner), Camilla Bursi (Cabinet
member) and Cefic on 10th June, 2020
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
16 6.1
Meeting
Cefic
Cabinet
11/12/1019
Ares(2019)7612515
request
17 6.2
Meeting
Cabinet
internal
10/06/2020
Ares(2022)7950451
report
7. Between Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General) and ExxonMobil on 14th
January 2020
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
18 7.1
Meeting
DDG
Individual
12/05/2020 Ares(2020)2649278
content
Calleja-
Crespo
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8. Between Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General) and LyonDellBasell on
9th July, 2019
Title
Author
Addressee Date
Reference Ares
19 8.1 Meeting LyonDellBasell Daniel
17/09/2018
Ares(2022)7490040
request
Calleja
Crespo
20 8.2 Follow-
World Plastic Daniel
23/07/2019
Ares(2019)5002865
up letter Council
Calleja
Crespo
9. Between Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General) and LyonDellBasell on
10th October 2018
Title
Author
Addressee
Date
Reference Ares
21
9.1
Meeting
DG
DG ENV
10/10/2018
Ares(2018)5333722
report
ENV
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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handwritten signatures/abbreviated signatures of natural persons;
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other information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person: position,
phone number, email address.
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 arguments to establish the necessity to have the
data transmitted for a specific purpose in the public interest.
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 some documents originating from third parties are disclosed to you based
on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the
rules on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the
released documents without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual
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property right on them. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility
from their reuse.
The meeting reports were drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the
relevant officials of the Directorate-General for Environment. They solely reflect the
author's]interpretation of the interventions made and does not set out any official position
of the third parties to which the document refers, which was not consulted on its content.
It does 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 to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter. You can submit it in one of
the following ways:
by asking for a review via your portal1 account (available only for initial requests
submitted via the portal account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency,
Document
Management
&
Access
to
Documents
(SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Emmanuelle Maire
Head of unit
eSigned
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Electronically signed on 23/01/2023 13:08 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121