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Ref. Ares(2020)3920163 - 24/07/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
 
Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom  
 
  Unit A1 - Communication, Coordination, planning and administrative support  
Head of Unit 
 
Brussels,  
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Dillon Crawford  
16 Legate Place  
Clifton 
Bedfordshire 
United Kingdom 
SG17 5GU  
 
By e-mail:   
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Subject: 
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/4373  
Dear Mr Crawford,  
We  refer  to  your  application  of  07/07/2020  registered  on  17/07/2020  under  the  above 
mentioned  reference  numbers  by  which  you  made  a  request  pursuant  to  Regulation 
1049/2001  regarding  public  access  to  European  Parliament,  Council  and  Commission 
documents1.  
You  requested  “documents  which  contain  the  following  information:  How  many  times 
has the EU met with Boris Johnson’s Government to discuss an exit deal.” 

Please  find  below  the  list  of  meetings  and  the  links  with  additional  information  on  the 
Commission’s website:  
  16 September 2019: President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker 
met Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Luxembourg:  
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_5579 
  8 January 2020: President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen 
met Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London: 
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2019-
2024/president/announcements/readout-meeting-between-president-ursula-von-
der-leyen-and-prime-minister-boris-johnson_en 
                                                 
1   Official Journal L145 of 31.05.2001, p.43. 
 
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 
 


 
  15 June 2020: a High level meeting with videoconference took place between 
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the President of the European Council Charles 
Michel, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and 
the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli: 
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_20_1067 
 
In relation to the negotiations on the new EU-UK partnership,  you can find all relevant 
information here:  
https://ec.europa.eu/info/european-union-and-united-kingdom-forging-new-
partnership_en 
 
 
 
 
Yours sincerely, 
     e-signed 
 
Stefaan De Rynck  
Electronically signed on 24/07/2020 15:22 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563