Ref. Ares(2022)5724138 - 12/08/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS
Directorate D – Equality and Union citizenship
Unit D.2 – Gender equality
Brussels
JUST.D.2/KV/KIL
Nienke Palstra - Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53
1000 Brussels
BELGIUM
e-mail:
ask+request-11710-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Access to document requests – Ref. GESTDEM 2022/4573
Dear Ms Palstra,
Your request concerning Commissioner Helena Dalli’s meeting with Meta (formerly
Facebook) on 1 June 2022 was registered on 12 August 2022 under the reference number
GESTDEM 2022/4573.
Your application concerns the following documents:
- E-mail exchanges prior to meeting (Ref. Ares(2022)3832477);
- Briefing for Commissioner Dalli for the meeting (Ref. Ares(2022)5113296);
- Minutes of the meeting (Ref. Ares(2022)5131097).
With regard to the documents listed above, a complete disclosure of the identified
documents 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:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
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the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation 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 requests, you do
not express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a specific
purpose in the public interest.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has not
been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data concerned.
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 to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
This reply is sent to you via email only and we would appreciate if you could confirm
receipt of the present e-mail by replying
to xxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
Karen VANDEKERCKHOVE
Head of Unit
Enclosures:
- E-mail exchanges prior to meeting (Ref. Ares(2022)3832477)
- Briefing for Commissioner Dalli for the meeting
(Ref. Ares(2022)5113296)
- Minutes of the meeting (Ref. Ares(2022)5131097)
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Electronically signed on 12/08/2022 13:36 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121