Binding pay transparency measures

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Olivier Hoedeman

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

President von der Leyen committed in her Political Guidelines to introduce binding pay transparency measures.

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:

- minutes and other reports of meetings between the European Commission (President von der Leyen, Commissioners, cabinet members, Commission staff, etc.) and representatives of industry stakeholders (including BUSINESSEUROPE, SMEunited, CEEP, BDI, BDA and others) where the issue of pay transparency was mentioned, between December 2019 and today. In the light of the lockdown and other corona-related restrictions, physical meetings are unlikely to have happened since mid-March. Please also include minutes and other reports of zoom meetings, phone calls and other exchanges during which the issue of pay transparency was mentioned.

- all correspondence (including emails) between the European Commission (President von der Leyen, Commissioners, cabinet members, Commission staff, etc.) and representatives of industry stakeholders (including BUSINESSEUROPE, SMEunited, CEEP, BDI, BDA and others) in which the issue of pay transparency was mentioned, between December 2019 and today.

Yours faithfully,

Olivier Hoedeman
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Olivier Hoedeman,
Thank you for your e-mail of 15/05/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
19/05/2020 under the following reference numbers:

* GESTDEM 2020/3028:      Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
(DG JUST)
* GESTDEM 2020/3029:      Secretariat-General (SG)

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
12/06/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
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European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
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European Commission
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Dear Olivier Hoedeman,
Further to your access to documents request dated 15/05/2020 with the
reference mentioned below, we hereby inform you that an additional file
reference has been registered with the following reference number:

* GESTDEM 2020/3030:      Directorate-General for Employment, Social
Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)

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
12/06/2020.
In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
 
Best regards,
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
 
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
[1]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
 
_____________________________________________
From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 7:59 PM
To: 'Olivier Hoedeman' <[FOI #7974 email]>
Subject: Your request for access to documents - GESTDEM 2020/3028 &
2020/3029 - Binding pay transparency measures
 
 
Dear Olivier Hoedeman,
Thank you for your e-mail of 15/05/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
19/05/2020 under the following reference numbers:

* GESTDEM 2020/3028:      Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
(DG JUST)
* GESTDEM 2020/3029:      Secretariat-General (SG)

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
12/06/2020. 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.
Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).
Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.
If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence.  In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[2]Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
 
European Commission
Secretariat-General
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[3]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
 
 

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

Please find attached a reply to your request for access to documents,
registered under reference GestDem 2020/3028.

 

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 to
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 [1][email address].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

JUST D2 Secretariat
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Justice & Consumers (DG JUST)

Unit D2. Gender Equality

Rue du Luxembourg, 40
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
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ve_sg.dsg2.f1(SG), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Please find attached document Ares(2020)3061895 from Mr Julien MOUSNIER (SG.DSG2.F.1) dated 12/06/2020.

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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With kind regards,

 

 

 

Andreea HINCU on behalf of Mr Jörg TAGGER, Head of Unit

Administrative Assistant Unit A2/Social Dialogue

DG Employment and Social Affairs

 

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European Commission

DG EMPL

Rue Joseph II, 27 

1000 Bruxelles

J-27 04/48

Tel:  +32.2.29 66794

Email: [2][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

We are still working on your request.

 

Our reply will reach you in the coming days.

 

Many thanks for your understanding.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

JUST D2 Secretariat
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Justice & Consumers (DG JUST)

Unit D2. Gender Equality

Rue du Luxembourg, 40
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Q Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

From: JUST D2
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 8:36 AM
To: Olivier Hoedeman <[FOI #7974 email]>
Cc: JUST D2 <[email address]>; JUST ACCES DOCUMENTS
<[email address]>
Subject: Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/3028

 

Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

Please find attached a reply to your request for access to documents,
registered under reference GestDem 2020/3028.

 

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 to
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 [2][email address].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

JUST D2 Secretariat
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Justice & Consumers (DG JUST)

Unit D2. Gender Equality

Rue du Luxembourg, 40
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Q Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

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Olivier Hoedeman

Dear JUST D2 Secretariat,
thank you for your message regarding my request for access to documents, registered under reference GestDem 2020/3028. The message mentions that a reply has been attached, but there doesn't seem to be any attachment. Could you re-send it via Asktheeu.org?
Yours faithfully,
Olivier Hoedeman

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

Here is again our e-mail sent to you on 12/06/2020 with the annex.

 

Please note that we had not attached an annex to our e-mail of 01/07/2020.

 

We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [1][email address].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

JUST D2 Secretariat
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Justice & Consumers (DG JUST)

Unit D2. Gender Equality

Rue du Luxembourg, 40
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Q Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

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ve_sg.dsg2.f1(SG), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Please find attached document Ares(2020)3517800 from SLEATH William (SG.DSG2.F) dated 03/07/2020.

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

We are still working on your request.

 

Our reply will reach you in the coming days.

 

Many thanks for your understanding.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

EMPL A2 Secretariat

 

 

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European Commission

Directorate-General Employment and Social Affairs

Unit A2.Social Dialogue

Rue Joseph II, 27 

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

 

 

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Please find attached document Ares(2020)3555404 from TAGGER Jörg (EMPL.A.2) dated 06/07/2020.

Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2020)3555404 de TAGGER Jörg (EMPL.A.2) daté du 06/07/2020.

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

Due to the current exceptional circumstances, we sent you last Friday this letter by email.
We would be most grateful, therefore, if you could send us an acknowledgement of receipt of this letter.
Many thanks.
King regards,

SG Unite F1
European Commission

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Hoedeman,

 

Please find attached a reply to your request for access to documents,
registered under reference GestDem 2020/3028.

 

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 to
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 [1][email address].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

JUST D2 Secretariat
[2]cid:image001.gif@01CDBB3E.940ABAB0
European Commission
Directorate-General for Justice & Consumers (DG JUST)

Unit D2. Gender Equality

Rue du Luxembourg, 40
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Q Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

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ve_sg.dsg2.f1(SG), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Please find attached document Ares(2020)3883287 from Mr William SLEATH (SG.DSG2.F) dated 23/07/2020.