Ref. Ares(2023)1880780 - 15/03/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1/
Mrs Jennifer GULLERY
1 Long Lane
LONDON SE1 4PG
e-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – EASE 2023/1348
Dear Madam,
We refer to your e-mail of 25 February 2023 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on the 28th of February 2023 under the above-mentioned reference
number.
You requested access to the following documents:
“
All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance lists,
agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and minutes/notes) relating to the
meetings listed below:
1. Between Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin, Commissioner Thierry
Breton and Cabinet member Joan Canton on 07/10/22.
2. Between Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin and Commissioner Thierry
Breton on 02/06/22”.
We have identified two enclosed documents which fall within the scope of point 2 of your
request:
Ares(2022)3425695: Demande de rendez-vous Michelin
Ares(2022)4182416: Remerciements de Michelin
We have not identified any other documents falling within the scope of your request.
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:
- the names/initials, contact information and functions of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
- the names/initials, contact details and functions of other natural persons.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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 request, 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.
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
document, 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 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 to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter. You can submit it in one of
the following ways:
by asking for a review via your portal1 account (available only for initial requests
submitted via the portal account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency,
Document
Management
&
Access
to
Documents
(SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Kerstin JORNA
Director-General
(e-signed)
Enclosures: 2
1
https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
2
Electronically signed on 15/03/2023 13:37 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
