Communication with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dear Agriculture and Rural Development,
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:
1) - All incoming or outgoing correspondence (including emails, sent or received) between DG AGRI officials (including the Commissioner and Cabinet members) and members, employees or representatives of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) between the 1st of January 2022 and the 29th of March 2023.
2) - A list of meetings, including detailed minutes and any other reports of such meetings, between DG AGRI officials (including the Commissioner and Cabinet members) and members, employees or representatives of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) dating between the 1st of January 2022 and the 29th of March 2023.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
Do not hesitate to get back to me should you need any further information which could facilitate your research. My postal address hereby:
Hans Wetzels
Naarderstraat 153
2574PG, Den Haag
The Netherlands
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 30/03/2023 and registered on 04/04/2023 under the case number
2023/2077.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 28/04/2023. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development - Access to
Documents
European Commission
References
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Der Mr Wetzel,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 04/04/2023 under case number 2023/2077.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 28/04/2023.
• Part of the documents requested originate from third parties, which
have been consulted.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 24/05/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
AGRI access to documents team
References
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1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
Dear Mr Wetzel,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/2077.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
AGRI Access to documents team
Dear Agriculture and Rural Development,
Documents well received, merci!
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels