Meetings with US representatives
Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
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:
- A list of all meetings held between DG CNECT and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, Robert Strayer, over the past year. The list should include the dates of the meetings, the individuals present, as well as the issues discussed.
- Detailed minutes of the above meetings.
- All correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence, telephone call notes, and/or text messages including WhatsApp exchanges) between DG CNECT (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and Mr. Strayer or a representative of his, over the past year.
Yours faithfully,
Samuel Stolton
EURACTIV Brussels
International Press Centre
Boulevard Charlemagne 1, 1041 Bruxelles
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 04/11/2019. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
04/11/2019 under reference number GestDem 2019/6277.
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Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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Dear Mr. Stolton,
We refer to your access to documents request dated 04/11/2019 and
registered under the abovementioned 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 today.
An extended time limit is needed as different Commission services 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 16/12/2019.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team
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European Commission
DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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Dear Sirs,
Please find attached document Ares(2019)7729627 regarding "GestDem 2019/6277" sent by Mr Roberto Viola, General Director of DG CONNECT on 16/12/2019.
Best regards,
European Commission
DG CONNECT — ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Avenue de Beaulieu, 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
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 'Meetings with US representatives'.
Under reference number 2019/6277 I (Samuel Stolton), requested "a list of all meetings held between DG CNECT and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, Robert Strayer, over the past year. The list should include the dates of the meetings, the individuals present, as well as the issues discussed."
In response, DG Connect has identified 3 documents pertaining to the above request. Access to the documents has been refused under Regulation 1049/2001 on the grounds that the public disclosure "would affect the mutual trust between the EU and the US Government and thus undermine their relations."
Whilst I acknowledge the sensitivity of the matter at hand, I would formally request that a review of this decision be considered, due to the fact that the response fails to specify which elements of Documents 1, 2, and 3 would undermine diplomatic relations between the US Administration and the European Union.
I would refute the claim that the disclosure of the documents alone and of themselves would incur a negative impact on the relationship between the two parties. I would also foreground my role as a journalist - and by extension a conservator of public opinion, in ensuring that the EU duly delivers information unto the public domain that illuminates the workings of the Union, a vital element being the bloc's strategic relationship with the US, of which these three documents concern.
I thank you for your willingness to respond to my request in a cooperative and timely spirit.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/meet...
Yours faithfully,
Samuel Stolton
[1]Ares(2020)66860 - RE: Internal review of access to documents request -
Meetings with US representatives
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Dear Sir ,
Thank you for your email dated 07/01/2020 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 the DG
CNECT in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2019/6277.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 07/01/2020 (Ares(2020)65925).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (28/01/2020). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
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formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
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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 (RC)
SG.C.1
Transparency
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documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2019/6277
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Dear Mr Stolton,
We refer to your email of 7 January 2019, registered on the same day, by
which you submit 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 expired on 28 January 2020. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on
18 February 2020.
However, we can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you
with a final reply within the next 15 working days. We regret this
additional delay and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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Dear Mr Stolton,
We refer to your email of 7 January 2020, registered on the same day, by
which you submit 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[1] ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001").
We also refer to our holding reply 28 January 2020, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Regulation. This extended
time limit expires on 18 February 2020.
We regret to have to inform you that we will not be able to respond within
the extended time-limit. As mentioned in our first holding reply, 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.
However, we can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you
with a final reply as soon as possible. We regret this additional delay
and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
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Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2020)
3649 final as adopted by the European Commission on 29.5.2020.
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
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [1][email address]
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Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 2.6.2020
Kind regards,
Giovanni VALASTRO
COMMISSION EUROPEENNE
Équipe certification/notification
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [email address]
From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
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Cc: PASCUAL IBANEZ Noelia (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2020) 3649 final addressed to Samuel Stolton - Euractiv
Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2020)
3649 final as adopted by the European Commission on 29.5.2020.
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
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [1][email address]
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Subject: C(2020) 3649 final addressed to Samuel Stolton - Euractiv
Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2020)
3649 final as adopted by the European Commission on 29.5.2020.
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
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [7][email address]
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Subject: 1RA: C(2020) 3649 final addressed to Samuel Stolton - Euractiv
Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
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Giovanni VALASTRO
COMMISSION EUROPEENNE
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From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 3:53 PM
To: [2][FOI #7430 email]
Cc: PASCUAL IBANEZ Noelia (SG) <[3][email address]>
Subject: C(2020) 3649 final addressed to Samuel Stolton - Euractiv
Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2020)
3649 final as adopted by the European Commission on 29.5.2020.
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
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [4][email address]
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Please Mr Samuel Stolton,
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
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From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
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Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
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Giovanni VALASTRO
COMMISSION EUROPEENNE
Équipe certification/notification
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [1][email address]
From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 6:38 PM
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To: '[FOI #7430 email]'
<[2][FOI #7430 email]>
Cc: PASCUAL IBANEZ Noelia (SG) <[3][email address]>
Subject: 1RA: C(2020) 3649 final addressed to Samuel Stolton - Euractiv
Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Could you please confirm the receipt of the document sent on the 2.6.2020
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: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 3:53 PM
To: [5][FOI #7430 email]
Cc: PASCUAL IBANEZ Noelia (SG) <[6][email address]>
Subject: C(2020) 3649 final addressed to Samuel Stolton - Euractiv
Brussels
Dear Mr Samuel Stolton,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2020)
3649 final as adopted by the European Commission on 29.5.2020.
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
BERL 05/155
Tél: +32-2-29 61594
Email: [7][email address]
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