Lobby meetings/correspondence on sanctions
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
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 2022 to date:
- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls and/or interactions of any kind held by the DG Industry, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “sanctions” and/or “Russia" and/or "Russian" 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 and/or exchanged during the course of the meetings.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the DG Industry, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “sanctions” and/or “Russia" and/or "Russian".
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,
Matteo Civillini
Via Cordusio, 4 - Milan (ITALY)
C/o Sala stampa nazionale Milano
Yours faithfully,
Matteo Civillini
Dear Mr. Civillini,
Thank you for your e-mail of 10/03/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents related to discussion with
lobbyists on sanctions against Russia, which was registered on 14/03/2022
under reference number GESTDEM 2022/1485.
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
04/04/2022. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
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Yours faithfully,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Mr. Civillini,
We refer to your e-mail dated 10/03/022 in which you make a request for
access to documents related to meetings between CAB Breton officials and
DG GROW officials on the one hand and representatives of lobbies and
industries during which sanctions against Russia were discussed,
registered on 14/03/2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request. We therefore
invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, to provide us with more detailed
information (subject(s), level of the meetings, etc.) on the documents
that you seek to obtain.
Could you particularly clarify if your request concerns a specific lobby ?
If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application,
please let us know.
In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to
Regulation 1049/2001[1], 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.
DG GROW – Access to documents team
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear [email address],
Thank you for your email.
As my request states, I am requesting a list of all meetings/calls/correspondence during the period specified between any DG GROW official, including Commissioner Breton, and industry groups and/or lobby groups, during which sanctions and/or Russia were discussed.
If any such meetings/calls/correspondence have taken place, I am also requesting any document that was originated, disseminated, received as part of those interactions, including but not limited to the following:
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;
- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings and/or exchanged during the course of the meetings.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes)
Yours sincerely,
Matteo Civillini
Dear [email address],
The time limit for this request expired last Friday, 1st April 2022.
In order to comply with regulations, please provide a response to my request as soon as possible or, alternatively, a reason why the response is being delayed.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Matteo Civillini
Dear Mr. Civillini,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 15/03/2022 under the above mentioned reference number. According to the information provided in our clarification request, the 15 working days time limit for handling your application started running when we receive your clarifications.
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 05/04/2022.
An extended time limit is needed because of the complexity of your application.
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 29/04/2022.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
