Ref. Ares(2021)3995391 - 18/06/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
CLIMATE ACTION
Legal Affairs, Inter-Institutional Relations & Communication
Brussels
Rachel Cox
Global Witness
Rue du Commerce 31
1000 Bruxelles
Belgique
Email: ask+request-9509-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2021/3221
Dear Ms Cox,
We refer to your e-mail dated 17 May 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered the same day under the above-mentioned reference number.
You requested access to the “
All documents —including but not limited to
correspondence, emails, minutes (hand written or electronic), 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 27 April 2020 between Frans Timmermans and Food Drink Europe on the
Green Deal and the recovery in the food and drink sector”.
We have identified two document under the scope of your request:
Author
Date
Reference
1
Food Drink Europe/European 23 January 2021
Commission
Ares(2020)426591
2
Food Drink Europe/European 24 April 2020
Commission
Ares(2021)3510615
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Having examined the document under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, I regret to inform you that a complete disclosure of
the documents is prevented by the exception concerning the protection of privacy and the
integrity of the individual outlined in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
because they contain: names and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management; names and contact details of other natural persons and
other information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you for
a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that the
legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put forward
any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a specific purpose
in the public interest.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the documents, 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.
In case you would 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.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels, or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
Luca DE CARLI
2
Electronically signed on 11/06/2021 11:21 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482
