Interactions with Microsoft

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Dear Trade,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents, note meetings which contain the following information:

For the period between November 2014 and March 2019:

- List of lobby meetings held with your DG, with Microsoft or its intermediaries. The list should include: date, individuals attending + organisational affiliation, the issues discussed,
- Minutes and other reports of these meetings
- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between your DG (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and Amazon or any intermediaries representing its interests.
- All documents prepared for the meetings and exchanged in the course of the meetings between both parties.

Yours faithfully,

Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Dear Ms Kayali,
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 8 March 2019. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 8 March 2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/1351.
 
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 29
March 2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is 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 European Commission. For further information
on your rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
 
We understand that the third party running that website usually publishes
the content of applicants’ correspondence with the European Commission on
that website. This includes the personal data that you may have
communicated to the European 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 your correspondence with the European Commission to be
published on the AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an
alternative, private e-mail address for further correspondence. In that
case, the European Commission will send all future electronic
correspondence addressed to you only to that private address.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
 

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Dear Trade,

Thank you. And I obviously meant:

- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between your DG (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and *Microsoft* or any intermediaries representing its interests.

Yours faithfully,

Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles

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Dear Ms Kayali,
 
We refer to your e-mail dated 8 March 2019 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 8 March 2019 under the above mentioned
reference number.
 
In your request, it is not clear in which company you are interested:
Microsoft or Amazon. Can you please clarify this point?
 
In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to
Regulation 1049/2001, the 15 working days time limit for handling your
application will start running when we receive the requested
clarifications.
 
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
_____________________________________________
From: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG TRADE request email]>
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 3:33 PM
To: 'Laura Kayali' <[FOI #6591 email]>
Cc: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG TRADE request email]>
Subject: RE: access to documents request GESTDEM 2019/1351 - Interactions
with Microsoft
 
 
Dear Ms Kayali,
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 8 March 2019. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 8 March 2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/1351.
 
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 29
March 2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is 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 European Commission. For further information
on your rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
 
We understand that the third party running that website usually publishes
the content of applicants’ correspondence with the European Commission on
that website. This includes the personal data that you may have
communicated to the European 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 your correspondence with the European Commission to be
published on the AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an
alternative, private e-mail address for further correspondence. In that
case, the European Commission will send all future electronic
correspondence addressed to you only to that private address.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
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European Commission
DG TRADE
 

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Dear Trade,

Thanks for getting back to me. I am interested in *Microsoft*, sorry for the mix-up (I did a separate request for Amazon).

Yours faithfully,

Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la loi 62
1000 Brussels
Belgium

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Dear Ms Kayali,
 
We refer to your e-mail dated 8 March 2019in which you make a request for
access to documents 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 within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 29/03/2019.
 
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 24/04/2019.
 
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
_____________________________________________
From: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG TRADE request email]>
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 3:33 PM
To: 'Laura Kayali' <[FOI #6591 email]>
Cc: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG TRADE request email]>
Subject: RE: access to documents request GESTDEM 2019/1351 - Interactions
with Microsoft
 
 
Dear Ms Kayali,
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 8 March 2019. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 8 March 2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/1351.
 
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 29
March 2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is 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 European Commission. For further information
on your rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
 
We understand that the third party running that website usually publishes
the content of applicants’ correspondence with the European Commission on
that website. This includes the personal data that you may have
communicated to the European 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 your correspondence with the European Commission to be
published on the AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an
alternative, private e-mail address for further correspondence. In that
case, the European Commission will send all future electronic
correspondence addressed to you only to that private address.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
 

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ve_trade.accessdoc(TRADE), Trade

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Please find attached document Ares(2019)2870019 from LEVIE Damien (TRADE.A.5) dated 29/04/2019.