Ref. Ares(2021)3902058 - 15/06/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL
MARKETS UNION
Director General
Brussels, 9 June 2021
FISMA.B.4/GSV/av
fisma.ddg.b.4(2021)4225369
Subject: Your request for access to documents (ref GESTDEM 2021/2133)
Dear Ms Eberhardt,
Thank you for your e-mail of 7 April 2021, requesting access to documents under
Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents.
Your request is as follows:
“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:
1) minutes and other notes from lobby meetings (including online meetings) held by DG
FISMA since 1 January 2021, in which intra-EU investment protection (after the
termination of EU member states' intra-EU investment treaties) has been discussed;
2) all correspondence between DG FISMA and lobby groups, in which intra-EU
investment protection (after the termination of EU member states' intra-EU investment
treaties) has been discussed (since 1 January 2021);
3) minutes and other notes from the stakeholder workshops on intra-EU investment/
investment protection, which DG Fisma organised on 17 December 2018 and 3
December 2019, plus correspondence related to the workshops.
As per your agreement given by email dated 3 May 2021, we disclose one standard letter
of invitation and thank you letter per category of stakeholder, where available, for the
2018 and 2019 workshops.
After a search, forty-six documents have been identified as falling within the scope of
your application (see references below1).
1 References: Ares(2021)863564; Ares(2021)3669030; Ares(2021)3669022; Ares(2021)3457445;
Ares(2021)3683834;
Ares(2021)3066160;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5626116;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ms Pia Eberhardt
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Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: SPA2 09/044 - Tel. direct line +32 229-66943
Having examined the documents requested under the provisions of Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, I have come to the conclusion that
four documents can be fully disclosed, two of which are publicly available online.
Having examined the remaining forty-two documents (see reference below2) requested
which are not public under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents, I have come to the conclusion that they may be only partially
disclosed as they contain personal data, in particular names and contact details.
Therefore, some parts of the documents have been blanked out and their disclosure is
prevented by exception to the right of access laid down in Article 4 of this Regulation,
for data protection reasons.
Personal data can only be transmitted under specific exceptional conditions, including if
‘the recipient establishes that it is necessary to have the data transmitted for a specific
purpose in the public interest. According to Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation 2018/1725, the
European Commission also only has to examine the further conditions for a lawful
processing of personal data if the recipient has established that it is necessary to have the
data transmitted for a specific purpose in the public interest. In your request, you do not
put forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
Notwithstanding the above, please note that there are reasons to assume that the
legitimate interests of the data subjects concerned would be prejudiced by disclosure of
the personal data reflected in the documents.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation 1049/2001,
access cannot be granted to the personal data, 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.
Should you disagree with the assessment to deny access to one document request and/or
that the redacted data are personal data which can only be disclosed if such disclosure is
legitimate under the applicable rules on the protection of personal data, you are entitled,
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2021)3688801;
Ares(2018)5626116;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2021)3688801;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2019)562042;
Ares(2019)562042; Ares(2019)562042; Ares(2019)562042; Ares(2021)3724687; Ares(2021)3066240;
Ares(2021)3683808;
Ares(2021)3066273;
Ares(2021)3691049;
Ares(2021)3697277;
Ares(2021)3691049;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2021)3724687;
Ares(2021)3690483;
Ares(2021)3724687;
Ares(2021)3717401;
Ares(2019)8644715;
2 References: Ares(2021)863564; Ares(2021)3669030; Ares(2021)3669022; Ares(2021)3457445;
Ares(2021)3683834;
Ares(2021)3066160;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2018)5626116;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2021)3688801;
Ares(2021)3723906; Ares(2019)562042; Ares(2019)562042; Ares(2019)562042; Ares(2019)562042;
Ares(2021)3724687;
Ares(2021)3066240;
Ares(2021)3683808;
Ares(2021)3066273;
Ares(2021)3697277;
Ares(2021)3691049;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2021)3724687;
Ares(2021)3690483;
Ares(2021)3724687; Ares(2019)8644715;
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in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory
application requesting the Commission to review this position.
The Secretary-General will inform you of the result of his review within 15 working days
of receipt of your request, and will either grant you access to the document or confirm the
refusal. In the latter event, the Secretary-General will indicate what avenues of appeal are
open to you.
Any correspondence should be sent to the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Electronically signed
John BERRIGAN
Enclosure: 46 documents, 42 of which partially redacted: Ares(2021)863564;
Ares(2021)3669030;
Ares(2021)3669022;
Ares(2021)3457445;
Ares(2021)3683834;
Ares(2021)3066160;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5626116;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2018)5556817;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2021)3688801;
Ares(2018)5626116;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2021)3688801;
Ares(2021)3723906;
Ares(2019)562042;
Ares(2019)562042;
Ares(2019)562042;
Ares(2019)562042;
Ares(2021)3724687;
Ares(2021)3066240;
Ares(2021)3683808;
Ares(2021)3066273;
Ares(2021)3691049;
Ares(2021)3697277;
Ares(2021)3691049;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2019)7816713;
Ares(2021)3724687;
Ares(2021)3690483; Ares(2021)3724687; Ares(2021)3717401;
Ares(2019)8644715;
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Electronically signed on 15/06/2021 11:28 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482