Interactions with Microsoft

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Dear Competition,

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

Dear Competition,

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 Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 08/03/2019. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
13/03/2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/1517.

 

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
03/04/2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

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COMP Access to Documents team

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-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Kayali [mailto:[FOI #6581 email]]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2019 3:38 PM
To: COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Subject: Re: access to documents request - Interactions with Microsoft

 

Dear Competition,

 

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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-----Original Message-----

From: Laura Kayali [mailto:[FOI #6581 email]]

Sent: Friday, March 08, 2019 3:11 PM

To: COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

Subject: access to documents request - Interactions with Microsoft

 

Dear Competition,

 

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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and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the
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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 13 March 2019 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 3 April 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 29 April 2019.

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

Yours faithfully,

 

 

Nicholas BANASEVIC
Head of Unit
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European Commission
DG Competition – Unit C3

Antitrust - IT, Internet and Consumer electronics

Office: MADO 27/069

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

 

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Dear Madam,

 

We refer to your application dated 08/03/2019 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered under the above-mentioned reference
number.

 

Please find attached a scan of the reply to your request for access to
documents. 

 

The paper version of the reply signed by the Director General will be sent
to you shortly by registered mail.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Annick DUFFAUT
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European Commission
DG Competition
Antitrust: IT, Internet and Consumer Electronics

MADO 27/068
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 299 05 90
[2][email address]

 

 

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Dear Competition,
Thank you for getting back to me.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali