Ref. Ares(2021)3261591 - 17/05/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE and CONSUMERS
Acting Director-General
JUST.D.3/VV/kv (2021)3358857s
Matteo Civillini
E-mail:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Access to documents request GESTDEM No 2021/2577
Dear Mr Civillini,
We refer to your e-mail of 15 April 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 19 April 2021, under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to “
for the period between 1 November 2020 to date:
- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls held by DG JUST, including any
Cabinet Members and/or official, during which plans/proposals/offers about Covid-19
Vaccine Passports and/or the Digital Green Certificate were discussed. The list should
include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues
discussed;
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;
- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings issued both in preparation and after
the meetings took place;
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence, telephone
call notes, presentations) between DG JUST, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials,
and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing plans/proposals/offers about
Covid-19 Vaccine Passports and/or the Digital Green Certificate”.
We consider your request to cover documents held up to the date of your initial application, i.e.
15 April 2021.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as defined
in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your application, are
held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make a
confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel.
+32 22991111
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, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by
registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health and security
measures currently in force during the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement
for all Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure until further notice. We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm
receipt of the present e-mail by replying
to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx .
Yours faithfully,
Salla SAASTAMOINEN
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Electronically signed on 12/05/2021 18:56 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482