Specific Documents concerning Car Industry Lobbying on Testing Systems

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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: Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and as a follow up to my previous request GestDeM 2015.4795, I am requesting you to review and complete the so far
disclosed information

- please send me any minutes and records of the meeting between DG Grow Policy Officer Nikolaus Steininger and ACEA Emission and Fuels Director Paul Greening, which took place on the 11. January 2015 ans was not listed in the initially disclosed meetings list

- please also review and complete the initially requested list of meetings for the period between 1st of October 2014 until now (1st of February 2016) to make sure no further meetings have been left out

- please disclose all documents and correspondence concerning the ACEA
draft for the RDE test presented to the DG in December (we have seen reference to this draft dated 17.12.2014)

- please also review and complete the initially provided list of documents and correspondence exchanged between the ACEA (and/or its members and/or its associated organisations) with DG Grow on the introduction of new car emission testing system (WLTP) and/or the introduction of the new real-world driving test on air pollution to be implemented with new Euro 6 vehicles (RDE) to make sure no further documents have been left out.
Please consider especially the period between 01.11.2014 and 01.03.2015 as well as the period between 01.04.2015 and 01.07.2015

- in the light of the current diesel scandal and the public interest in the decision making of the new testing regime I also ask you not to redact the names in the provided documents.

Yours faithfully,
Ronja Heise

Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
as an addition to my just send request:

My address is:
Ronja Heise
Corporate Europe Observatory
Mundo B
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
Bruxelles 1050
Belgique

I would also ask you to please ensure that all documents are sent as soon as they are
found, rather than waiting for the entirety of the request to be
met e.g. send through the specific documents before the whole document list is reviewed

Yours faithfully,

Ronja Heise

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Dear Ms Heise,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 11/02/2016. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 12/02/2016 under reference number GestDem 2016/0666.

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 04/03/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note that this is a private 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.

Yours faithfully,

Stephanie REGNA-GLADIN
Access to Documents team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A5/ Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management

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Dear Ms Heise,

               

We refer to your e-mail dated 11/02/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 12/02/2016 under the above mentioned
reference number.

 

We would need a clarification from your side. In your request you stated
"Please send me any minutes and records of the meeting between DG  Grow
Policy Officer Nikolaus Steininger and ACEA Emission and Fuels Director
Paul Greening, which took place on the 11. January 2015 and was not listed
in the initially disclosed meetings list", could you please confirm that
it is really 11 January 2015 that you meant, as this day was a Sunday?

 

We therefore invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with the
requested information on the documents which you seek to obtain.

 

If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application, you
can contact us:

 

•             by email to: [DG GROW request email]

 

The 15 working days the time limit for handling your application will
start running when we receive the requested clarifications.

 

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Access to Documents team
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European Commission

DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A5/ Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management

 

 

 

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Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Thank you for your response. Yes, according to my information the meeting took place on Sunday the 11th January 2015. Please provide me with any notes and minutes you have regarding this meeting. If you have any records of additional meetings between those two persons around this date (first half of January) I would of course also be interested.

Yours faithfully,

RonjaHeise

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Dear Ms Heise,

Thank you for your reply to our precision request. We hereby confirm that the new time limit will expire on 14/03/2016.
In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

Best regards,

Access to Documents team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A5/ Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management

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Dear Ms Heise,          

We refer to your e-mail dated 11/02/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 12/02/2016 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 today.

An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties which have been 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 07/04/2016.

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 for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A5/ Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management

 

 

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Dear Ms Heise,

We refer to your e-mail dated 11/02/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 12/02/2016 under the above mentioned
reference number.

Your application is currently being handled, however we are not in a
position to complete it today. The final reply is ready and is about to be
signed, you should receive it tomorrow by the end of the day.

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

Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents team
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European Commission

DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A5/ Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management

 

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Dear Ms Heise,

 

referring your access to documents request GestDem 2016/666, please find
enclosed a reply letter and attachments.

 

Best regards,

 

 

European Commission
DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Automotive and Mobility Industries Unit

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Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2016)2170423 concernant "Request for access to documents Gestdem 2016/666 – additional information on meetings" envoyé par M/Mme EVANS Lowri le 10/05/2016.

Please find attached document Ares(2016)2170423 regarding "Request for access to documents Gestdem 2016/666 – additional information on meetings" sent by Mr/Ms EVANS Lowri on 10/05/2016.

Kind regards,

Carlos DIAS DA SILVA

  
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit C/4 - Automotive and Mobility Industries
BREY 10/054
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