Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:34:09 +0000 Subject: access to documents request - Documents on the Ancillary Copyright law From: [FOI #5122 email] To: [email address] Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology, Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information: Any document since 2015 that relates to an ancillary copyright ("Leistungsschutzrecht" für Presseverleger), both referring to existing or proposed laws in EU Member states as well as any information relating to the introduction of such right into EU legislation. For your assistance, the information sought for is sometimes called "publishers' right", "neighbouring right" or similar. In case documents are classified or cannot be released because of exceptions or special treatment, I am asking for the name and the reference number of this document. I am especially but not exclusively looking for information in the form of proposals, memos, studies, notes, meeting records, letters to Commissioner Oettinger and his successors and Cabinet staff members dealing with EU copyright and the protection of press publishers by application or amendment of EU copyright law. I do not consent to any narrowing of the scope or to the discarding of information if it is considered "unimportant" or has not yet been filed, archived or registered. This includes draft notes and internal correspondence. If information under the scope of regulation 1049/2001 is not held by DG CNECT but by the Commission, the Commissioner or another DG or Commission unit, I would like this information to be included in this request. In order to prevent duplication of work, the request refers to documents that were not released via the Access to Documents request 2016/4441. I ask you to stick to the time limits set out by Regulation 1049/2001. If you have reason to believe an extension of the time limit is necessary, please state so immediately and stick to the requirements of the Regulation. Please do not waste your time by refusing to register this access to documents request claiming that a postal address is needed to handle this request. It isn't. Yours faithfully, Mathias Schindler ------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the TFEU and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the AsktheEU.org website. Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this request: [FOI #5122 email] If [DG CONNECT request email] is the wrong address for information requests to Communications Networks, Content and Technology, please tell the AsktheEU.org team on email [email address] This message and all replies from Communications Networks, Content and Technology will be published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see our dedicated page for EU public officials at https://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers -------------------------------------------------------------------