Ref. Ares(2020)4639427 - 07/09/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate E – Single market and connectivity
The Director
Brussels,
Venetia Roxburgh
40 Bermondsey Street
London
United Kingdom
Advance copy by email: ask+request-
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Dear Mrs Roxburgh,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/5008
We refer to your e-mail dated 24/08/2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 24/08/2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You will find enclosed the document related to the meetings between Antoine Colombani,
Cabinet member of Frans Timmermans and Diederik Samsom, Cabinet member of Frans
Timmermans, and BASF, on the 7 January 2020
Please note that the document contains personal data that has been redacted according to the
General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/17251) and to the internal rules of
procedure of the Commission. As your request does not express any particular interest to have
access to these personal data, and does not establish the necessity to have the data transmitted, I
conclude that access cannot be granted to these personal data.
If you 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.
You should send any such confirmatory application within 15 working days of receipt of this
letter to the Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
1 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies,
offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and
Decision No 1247/2002/EC.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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European Commission
Secretary-General
Transparency unit SG-C.1
BERL 7/242
B-1049 Bruxelles
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Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
John WATSON
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Electronically signed on 07/09/2020 11:19 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563
