Ref. Ares(2022)5039270 - 11/07/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
SG.D.1 - Digital Transition, Industry & Single Market
Brussels
SG.D.1/TKV
Nienke Palstra
Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53
1000 Brussels
Belgium
By email:
ask+request-11311-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your applications for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/3053
Dear Ms Palstra,
We refer to your email of 24 May 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council
and Commission documents (hereinafter ‘Regulation 1049/2001’), registered on 25 May
2022 under the above-mentioned reference number. We further refer to our email of 20
June 2022 informing you about the extension of the deadline, our reference
Ares(2022)4523000.
By your application, you request access to:
All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes,
notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports,
operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the
meeting on 2022-03-30 between Christiane Canenbley and Michele Piergiovanni
and Google.
We have identified the following documents responsive to your request:
1. Ares(2022)1967898 Google RE_ Meeting requests with Google_Redacted
2. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 (If raised) Data protection.docx_Redacted
3. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 Data Act.docx_Redacted
4. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 Digital Services Act.docx_Redacted
5. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 Google input on impact assessment for
adapting liability rules to the digital age.pdf
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
6. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 Product Liability Directive & AI
liability.docx_Redacted
7. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 Steering brief.docx_Redacted
8. Ares(2022)2869279 Google 30.03 Table of contents.docx_Redacted
9. Ares(2022)3864041 report meeting EVP vestager-Google 30.03.2022_Redacted
10. Ares(2022)2618094_Google Thank you letter to EVP Vestager_Redacted
With regard to the documents identified, a complete disclosure is prevented by the
exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual outlined
in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because they contain the following
personal data:
- the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
- the names/initials and contact details of other institutions or natural persons.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2018/1725) does not allow
the transmission of these personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have
the data transmitted to you for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is
no reason to assume that the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced.
In your request, you do neither express any particular interest to have access to these
personal data, nor put forward arguments to establish the necessity to have the data
transmitted for a specific purpose in the public interest.
Furthermore, documents 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were drawn up for internal use under the
responsibility of the relevant services of the European Commission. It solely reflects the
author's interpretation of the interventions made and does not set out any official position
of the third parties to which the documents refers, which were not consulted on its
content. It does not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
Finally, note that document 5 and 10 originating from third parties are disclosed to you
based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice
to the rules on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit
the released document without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an
intellectual property right on it. The European Commission does not assume any
responsibility from their reuse.
In case you would disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit 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
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels, or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
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Elisa Roller
Director
Enclosure:
disclosed documents
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Electronically signed on 08/07/2022 18:49 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121