Ref. Ares(2022)335704 - 17/01/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL
MARKETS UNION
The Director-General
Brussels,
FISMA B2
AD/eg/(2022)42119 Ms Carlotta Indiano
00192 Rome
Italy
By e-mail with acknowledgement of receipt
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/6484
Dear Ms Indiano,
We refer to your e-mail of 29 October 2021, in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 29 October 2021 under the above-mentioned reference
number.
Your request is as follows:
“For the period between 1 January 2018 to date:
- a list of the meeting and/or calls between Solvay SA and the Directorate-General for
Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, including any
Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “electric vehicles” and/or “batteries”
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 Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial
Services and Capital Markets Union and Solvay SA, including any Cabinet Members
and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing
“electric vehicles” and/or “batteries”.”
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to
make a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by e-mail to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
John BERRIGAN
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Electronically signed on 14/01/2022 12:44 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482