Access to documents request: 2022-05-18 meeting between Margrethe Vestager and Microsoft Corporation

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:

All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on 2022-05-18 between Margrethe Vestager and Microsoft Corporation.

In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.

I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis. At no point should the Commission's search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.

Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.

Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.

If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Nienke Palstra, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely
Nienke Palstra.

COMP-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Competition

Dear Sir / Madam,

Thank you for your e-mail of 24/05/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 25/05/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3051.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 20/06/2022. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.

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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team

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Dear Ms Palstra,

 

We refer to your e-mail of 24.05.2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on the same day under reference number
GESTDEM 2022/3051.

 

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 20.06.2022.

 

An extended time limit is needed in order to retrieve the documents
requested.

 

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit by 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 11.07.2022.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Best Regards,

The secretariat SG.D.1

 

 

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