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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:

For the period between 1 January 2019 to date:
- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls held by the Secretariat General, including any Cabinet Members and/or official, during which “deep-sea mining” and/or “seabed mining” and/or “marine minerals” were discussed.
The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;

- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;

- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings issued both in preparation and after the meetings took place.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the Secretariat General, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “deep-sea mining” and/or “seabed mining” and/or “marine minerals”;

To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to explain the denial or all redactions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.

Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Luca Rinaldi
Via Cordusio, 4 Milan
C/o Sala Stampa Nazionale

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

[1]Ares(2021)1024986 - RE: access to documents request - Lobby meetings on
seabed mining --- Ref. Gestdem 2021/591

Sent by ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. All responses have
to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.

Dear Sir,

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 5 February 2021 under reference number GESTDEM
2021/591.

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 26 February 2021. 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
Privacy statement – access to documents.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (rc)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 5 February 2021. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 5 February 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/0588.

 

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 26
February 2021. 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
Privacy statement – access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents Team

ve_sg.dsg2.e2(SG), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Please find attached document Ares(2021)1208591 from ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG.DSG2.E.2) dated 12/02/2021.

Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2021)1208591 de ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG.DSG2.E.2) daté du 12/02/2021.

SG-DSG2-UNITE-E2@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Rinaldi,

Would you confirm safe receipt of the attached correspondence?

European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit E.2

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GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Sir,

 

We refer to your request for access to documents, registered 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 26/02/2021.

 

An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns documents
held by different Services which must be consulted. 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 19 March 2021.

 

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

Yours sincerely,

 

DG GROW – Access to documents team

 

[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045

European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market

 

From: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 8:03 PM
To: [FOI #9015 email]
Cc: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: Acknowledgment of the receipt – Your request for access to
documents - GESTDEM 2021/0588

 

Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 5 February 2021. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 5 February 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/0588.

 

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 26
February 2021. 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
Privacy statement – access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents Team

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Dear [email address],

The response to my request is long overdue.

By law your should have provide a response by no later than 26/02/2021, which you then extended to 19/03/2021.

I kindly request you to respect the provisions of Regulation 1049/2001 and respond as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Luca Rinaldi

GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Rinaldi,

You should have received the attached reply on 19th March 2021.

Kind regards,

DG GROW – Access to documents team

European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG  GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings

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Dear [email address],

Dear DG GROW

Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request Lobby meetings on seabed mining.
The documents 5 and 5.1 attached to your response present multiple redactions that you find justifiable according to Article 4(2) and 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
As you also state, the exemptions are qualified and do not apply if there is an overriding public interest in the disclosure of documents.
Given the blanket nature of your redactions it is impossible to assess whether the information could be in the public interest and, therefore, should be released.
All that considered, I request the authority to review their response and whether the redacted information should be disclosed under the public interest.

Yours sincerely,

Luca Rinaldi

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

[1]Ares(2021)2499041 - FW: Internal review of access to documents request
- Lobby meetings on seabed mining

Sent by ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. All responses have
to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email dated 12/04/2021 by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by DG
GROW in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/588.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 13/04/2021 (Ares(2021)2498963).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (04/05/2021). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.

Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.

Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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

1 Attachment

Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [3]themeData
Link: [4]colorSchemeMapping

[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2021/0588 - 1st holding letter -
Ares(2021)2958905

Sent by ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. All responses have
to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.

Dear Mr Rinaldi,

We refer to your email of  12 April 2021, registered on the next day, by
which you submitted a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents[6]^[1] ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001").

 

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expires on 4 May 2021. The new deadline
expires on 28 May 2021.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause but
we would like to assure you that we will do our utmost to provide you with
a reply as soon as possible.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

[7]cid:image001.gif@01D13362.41D673C0

European Commission

Secretariat General

SG.C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

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[8][1]               Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.

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

1 Attachment

Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [3]themeData
Link: [4]colorSchemeMapping

[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2021/0588 - Ares(2021)3530522

Sent by ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. All responses have
to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par ve_sg.accessdoc (SG) <[SG request email]>. Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.

Dear Mr Rinaldi,

We refer to your email of  12 April 2021, registered on the next day, by
which you submitted a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents[6]^[1] ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"). We also refer to our holding letter of 4 May 2021.

 

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we still have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry
out a full analysis of your request and to take a final
decision. Therefore, we are not in a position to reply to your
confirmatory request within the prescribed time limit which expires on 28
May 2021.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause but
we would like to assure you that we will do our utmost to provide you with
a reply as soon as possible.

 

Yours sincerely,

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

[7]cid:image001.gif@01D13362.41D673C0

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

 

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[8][1]               Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.

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5. https://webgate.ec.testa.eu/Ares/documen...
6. file:///tmp/foiextract20211201-31628-5o714#_ftn1
8. file:///tmp/foiextract20211201-31628-5o714#_ftnref1

SG-GREFFE-CERTIFICATION@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi ,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
5356 final as adopted by the European Commission on 13.7.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [email address]

 

SG-GREFFE-CERTIFICATION@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi,

Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 14.7.2021

Kind regards,

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 7:28 PM
To: '[FOI #9015 email]'
<[FOI #9015 email]>
Cc: BEVIERE Chantal (SG) ([email address])
<[email address]>
Subject: C(2021) 5356 final addressed to Luca RINALDI - C/o Sala Stampa
Nazionale

 

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi ,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
5356 final as adopted by the European Commission on 13.7.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [1][email address]

 

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SG-GREFFE-CERTIFICATION@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi please,

We haven't received your email yet

Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 14.7.2021

Kind regards,

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 10:51 AM
To: '[FOI #9015 email]'
<[FOI #9015 email]>
Cc: BEVIERE Chantal (SG) ([email address])
<[email address]>
Subject: 1 RA C(2021) 5356 final addressed to Luca RINALDI - C/o Sala
Stampa Nazionale

 

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi,

Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 14.7.2021

Kind regards,

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [1][email address]

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 7:28 PM
To: '[FOI #9015 email]'
<[2][FOI #9015 email]>
Cc: BEVIERE Chantal (SG) ([3][email address])
<[4][email address]>
Subject: C(2021) 5356 final addressed to Luca RINALDI - C/o Sala Stampa
Nazionale

 

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi ,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
5356 final as adopted by the European Commission on 13.7.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [5][email address]

 

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5. mailto:[email address]

SG-GREFFE-CERTIFICATION@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi,

It is very important for us.

Please, could you please acknowledge the receipt of the document enclosed
in the message addressed to you ?

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [email address]

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 7:26 PM
To: '[FOI #9015 email]'
<[FOI #9015 email]>
Cc: BEVIERE Chantal (SG) ([email address])
<[email address]>
Subject: 2 RA C(2021) 5356 final addressed to Luca RINALDI - C/o Sala
Stampa Nazionale

 

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi please,

We haven't received your email yet

Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 14.7.2021

Kind regards,

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 10:51 AM
To: '[FOI #9015 email]'
<[1][FOI #9015 email]>
Cc: BEVIERE Chantal (SG) ([2][email address])
<[3][email address]>
Subject: 1 RA C(2021) 5356 final addressed to Luca RINALDI - C/o Sala
Stampa Nazionale

 

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi,

Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 14.7.2021

Kind regards,

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [4][email address]

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 7:28 PM
To: '[FOI #9015 email]'
<[5][FOI #9015 email]>
Cc: BEVIERE Chantal (SG) ([6][email address])
<[7][email address]>
Subject: C(2021) 5356 final addressed to Luca RINALDI - C/o Sala Stampa
Nazionale

 

Dear Mr Luca Rinaldi ,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
5356 final as adopted by the European Commission on 13.7.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Giovanni VALASTRO

COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Équipe certification/notification 

BERL 05/155

Tél: +32-2-29 61594

Email: [8][email address]

 

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