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Ref. Ares(2015)1397831 - 30/03/2015
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
  
  
The Director-General 
 
 
 
Brussels,  
DG/JP/R.6/VA D(2015) 1277988 
 
By registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt: 
Ms Lora Verheecke 
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) 
26 rue d'Edimbourg 
1050 Brussels 
 
 Advance copy by email: 
 
ask+request-1758-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx 
  
 
Subject: 
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 1039/2015 
Dear Sir, 
We refer to your e-mail dated 18/02/2015 in which you make a request for access to documents, 
registered on 18/02/2015 under the above mentioned reference number. 
We have identified 2 documents related to your request of which a list is attached as well as the 
documents identified. Please note that these documents cannot be reproduced or disseminated for 
commercial purposes without prior consent given by the Commission. 
The documents requested contain personal data Pursuant to Article 4(1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 
1049/2001, access to a document has to be refused if its disclosure would undermine the protection of 
privacy and the integrity of the individual, in particular in accordance with Community legislation 
regarding the protection of personal data. The applicable legislation in this field is Regulation (EC) No 
45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of 
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies 
and on the free movement of such data1. 
 
When access is requested to documents containing personal data, Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 
becomes fully applicable2. According to Article 8(b) of this Regulation, personal data shall only be 
transferred to recipients if they establish the necessity of having the data transferred to them and if there 
is no reason to assume that the legitimate rights of the persons concerned might be prejudiced. 
We consider that, with the information available, the necessity of disclosing the aforementioned 
personal data to you has not been established and that it cannot be assumed that such disclosure would 
not prejudice the legitimate rights of the persons concerned. Therefore, we are disclosing the documents 
requested expunged from this personal data. 
If you wish to receive these personal data, we invite you to provide us with arguments showing the 
need for having these personal data transferred to you and the absence of adverse effects to the 
legitimate rights of the persons whose personal data should be disclosed.  
                                                 
1  OJ L 8 of 12.1.2001, p. 1 
2 Judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of 29 June 2010 in case 28/08 P, Commission/The Bavarian Lager Co. 
Ltd, not yet reported  
 

 
 
 
In case you would disagree with the assessment that the expunged data are personal data which can 
only be disclosed if such disclosure is legitimate under the rules of personal data protection, you are 
entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, 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 
Secretary-General 
Transparency unit SG-B-5 
BERL 5/327 
B-1049 Bruxelles 
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx 
Yours faithfully, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 Jerzy 
PLEWA 
 
 
Attachments: 3 
 
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 
 
 
 
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