Ref. Ares(2021)6296052 - 15/10/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
SG.C.1/DO
By registered letter with AR
Ms Rachel Cox
Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53,
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Copy by email: ask+request-9383-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2021/4877
Dear Ms Cox,
I refer to your e-mail of 3 August 2021, registered on 5 August 2021, in which you
submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents1 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application of
26 April 2021 in which you requested, I quote:
‘All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes
(hand written or electronic), meeting conclusions, audio or video recordings, verbatim
reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the
meeting on 10th November 2020 between Marius Vaščega and STARCH EUROPE.’
The initial request was assigned to the Directorate-General for Environment. As you did
not receive an initial reply from that Directorate-General within the statutory time limits,
you submitted a confirmatory application on 3 August 2021.
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 13 October 2021 (under
reference number Ares(2021)6234676).
1 OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory application
related to the lack of initial reply.
You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, should you wish to request a review of the initial
reply of 13 October 2021.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 14/10/2021 17:02 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482