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Melissa Heikkilä

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

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:

All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, and minutes/notes) relating to the meetings listed below, up to the current date of 29 June May 2020.

1. 24/01/2020 between Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Facebook Ireland Limited
2. 23/01/2020 between Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Booking.com B.V.
3. 23/01/2020 between Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni, Phil Hogan and Apple Inc.
4. 07/05/2020 video conference between Commissioner Phil Hogan and Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e. V.
5. 29/04/2020 video conference between Commissioner Phil Hogan and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
6. 05/03/2020 between Commissioner Phil Hogan and ITI - The Information Technology Industry Council
7. 05/03/2020 between Commissioner Phil Hogan and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
8. 04/02/2020 between Commissioner Phil Hogan and DIGITALEUROPE

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Melissa Heikkilä
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62
1040 Brussels

Secretariat General of the European Commission

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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

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[5]Ares(2020)3426350 - RE: access to documents request - Digital tax -
Gestdem 2020/3941 and 2020/3942

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Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 29 June 2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 30
June 2020 under reference numbers

 

-          GESTDEM 2020/3941 for DG TAXUD;

-          GESTDEM 2020/3942 for DG TRADE.

 

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 22
July 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
[6]Privacy statement – access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

[7]cid:image001.png@01D45409.F767C980

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1

[8][email address]

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa Heikkilä <[FOI #8262 email]>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 7:12 PM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: access to documents request - Digital tax

 

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

 

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:

 

All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence,
attendance lists, agendas, background papers, and minutes/notes) relating
to the meetings listed below, up to the current date of 29 June May 2020.

 

1. 24/01/2020 between Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Facebook Ireland
Limited 2. 23/01/2020 between Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Booking.com
B.V.

3. 23/01/2020 between Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni, Phil Hogan and Apple
Inc.

4. 07/05/2020 video conference between Commissioner Phil Hogan and
Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.
V.

5. 29/04/2020 video conference between Commissioner Phil Hogan and
American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union 6. 05/03/2020 between
Commissioner Phil Hogan and ITI - The Information Technology Industry
Council 7. 05/03/2020 between Commissioner Phil Hogan and American Chamber
of Commerce to the European Union 8. 04/02/2020 between Commissioner Phil
Hogan and DIGITALEUROPE

 

Thank you.

 

Yours faithfully,

Melissa Heikkilä

POLITICO

Rue de la Loi 62

1040 Brussels

 

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This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the TFEU
and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the
AsktheEU.org website.

 

Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this request:
[9][FOI #8262 email]

 

If [10][SG request email] is the wrong address for information
requests to Secretariat General of the European Commission, please tell
the AsktheEU.org team on email [11][email address]

 

This message and all replies from Secretariat General of the European
Commission will be published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more
information see our dedicated page for EU public officials at
[12]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

 

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6. https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and...
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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Madam,

 

We refer to your request dated 29/06/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 30/06/2020 under the above mentioned
reference number.

 

Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application which expires on
22/07/2020.

 

An extended time limit for more in-depth investigations and third party
consultations is needed in order to complete our assessment on the
possibility for the public disclosure of the documents requested.

 

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit in accordance with Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents.
We will do our utmost to provide you with a reply by 12/08/2020.

 

Please be informed that the Commission has taken precautionary measures to
contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and reduce the risk of infection
of our staff, while ensuring business continuity. Since 16 March, all
colleagues in non-critical functions are teleworking. This may have an
effect on the physical search of documents and internal/external
consultations. As a consequence, the procedure to handle your applications
may take longer than foreseen.

 

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

 

Yours faithfully,

 

TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 29 June 2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 30
June 2020 under reference numbers

 

-          GESTDEM 2020/3941 for DG TAXUD;

-          GESTDEM 2020/3942 for DG TRADE.

 

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 22
July 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
[1]Privacy statement – access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

[2]cid:image001.png@01D45409.F767C980

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1

[3][email address]

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa Heikkilä <[4][FOI #8262 email]>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 7:12 PM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[5][email address]>
Subject: access to documents request - Digital tax

 

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

 

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:

 

All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence,
attendance lists, agendas, background papers, and minutes/notes) relating
to the meetings listed below, up to the current date of 29 June May 2020.

 

1. 24/01/2020 between Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Facebook Ireland
Limited 2. 23/01/2020 between Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Booking.com
B.V.

3. 23/01/2020 between Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni, Phil Hogan and Apple
Inc.

4. 07/05/2020 video conference between Commissioner Phil Hogan and
Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.
V.

5. 29/04/2020 video conference between Commissioner Phil Hogan and
American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union 6. 05/03/2020 between
Commissioner Phil Hogan and ITI - The Information Technology Industry
Council 7. 05/03/2020 between Commissioner Phil Hogan and American Chamber
of Commerce to the European Union 8. 04/02/2020 between Commissioner Phil
Hogan and DIGITALEUROPE

 

Thank you.

 

Yours faithfully,

Melissa Heikkilä

POLITICO

Rue de la Loi 62

1040 Brussels

 

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This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the TFEU
and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the
AsktheEU.org website.

 

Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this request:
[6][FOI #8262 email]

 

If [7][SG request email] is the wrong address for information
requests to Secretariat General of the European Commission, please tell
the AsktheEU.org team on email [8][email address]

 

This message and all replies from Secretariat General of the European
Commission will be published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more
information see our dedicated page for EU public officials at
[9]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

 

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5. mailto:[email address]
6. mailto:[FOI #8262 email]
7. mailto:[SG request email]
8. mailto:[AsktheEU.org contact email]
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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Ms Heikkila,

 

We refer to your access to documents request registered on 30/06/2020
under the above mentioned reference number.

 

Your application is currently being handled. However the handling of your
application took us more time than expected. Therefore we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today. However, we would like to
inform you that the reply file has been already prepared and will be
submitted soon to the approval procedure.

 

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 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 12/08/2020.

 

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

Yours sincerely,

Access to Documents Team

European Commission
DG TRADE

 

ve_taxud.access to documents(TAXUD), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Please find attached document Ares(2020)4042983 from ANGEL Benjamin (TAXUD) dated 31/07/2020.

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 [email address].

ve_trade.accessdoc(TRADE), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Madam,

Please find attached document Ares(2020)4638020 from MARGHERITA Michelangelo (TRADE.R.3) dated 07/09/2020.

According to our 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 [email address].

Best regards,

DG Trade

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