Meeting wit European Round Table of Industrialists
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
On March 18 2013 a meeting between President Barroso, French President Hollande, German Chancellor Merkel and leaders of the European Round Table of Industrialists took place in Berlin.
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:
The minutes of this meeting (and the minutes of all preparatory meetings), all correspondence, logs (and notes) of phone calls by President Barroso or his cabinet regarding this meeting.
On March 18 a meeting between President Barroso, French President Hollande, German Chancellor Merkel and leaders of the European Round Table of Industrialists took place in Berlin.
Yours faithfully,
Martin Konecny
Dear Sir:
Thank you for your email of 19 March 2013, registered today under the reference Gestdem 2013-1499.
I hereby acknowledge receipt of your request for access to documents.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a response to your request within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 12 April 2013. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours sincerely,
Priscille Schiltz
European Commission
SG B5 – Transparency
'Access to documents'
BERL 05/325
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Mr Konecny,
We are writing in reference to your email of 19 March 2013, in which you
request access to documents related to a meeting between Commission
President Barroso, French President Holland, German Chancellor Merkel and
leaders of the European Round Table of Industrialists, which took place in
Berlin.
We have collated the documents and will send you our reply early next
week. Since the 15-working days time limit expires today, we need to
extend this time limit in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents.
We apologise for this slight delay.
Yours sincerely,
Priscille Schiltz
SG B5 - Transparency, 'Access to documents'
Dear Mr Konecny,
Kindly find the answer to your application concerning your request for
access to documents pursuant to Regulation (EC) N° 1049/2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
(gestdem 2013-1499).
Yours sincerely,
Paul SIMON
Unit SG.B.5, Transparency
European Commission
Dear Mr. Simon,
Thank you for the documents you sent me. In my request I also asked for minutes of this meeting. Therefore I kindly ask you to send me the minutes if they exist.
Additionally Mr. Niermann mentions in his email (from 28 November) a phone call between President Barroso and Chancellor Merkel in which Merkel proposed the regarding meeting. Therefore I wan to know if there exists any logs or minutes of this phone call.
Yours faithfully,
Martin Konecny
Dear Mr Konecny,
Referring to your email of 16 April 2013, I confirm that there are no
minutes of the meeting or a log of the telephone conversation between
President Barroso and Chancellor Merkel. We have disclosed to you all
documents related to the meeting with the ERT.
Yours sincerely,
Paul SIMON
European Commission - Secretariat General
Unit SG.B.5, Transparency