Ref. Ares(2017)5393166 - 06/11/2017
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE and CONSUMERS
The Director General
Brussels,
JUST B3/BV/sk
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2017/4203
Dear Honourable Member,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 14/07/2017 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 14/07/2017 under the above mentioned reference number. I
regret that it has been necessary to extend the deadline to respond to your request, but
this was due to the volume of documents requested.
Your application concerns the following documents:
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Author
Addressee
Date
Title/subject
ARES reference
1
Redacted
Non-paper
03/07/2013
Gambling Sector: Money
Ares(2017)4975759
distributed at CWP
laundering risks
03/07/2013
2
Redacted
Room document
23/09/2013
Supra national Risk
Ares(2017)4975583
distributed to
Assessment in the
Attaches
4AMLD
3
N.a.
Members of the
08/11/2013 Proposal for a Directive
To be covered by
Interinstitutional
of the European
separate reply
relations group
Parliament and of the
(GRI)
Council on the prevention
of the use of the financial
system for the purpose of
money laundering and
terrorist financing.
MEP Mr Sven Giegold
ASP 05F163
Rue Wiertz 60
1047 Brussels
By registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt
Advance copy by email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: MO 59 08/010 - Tel. direct line +32 296 21 43 – E-mai
: xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
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Author
Addressee
Date
Title/subject
ARES reference
4
N.a.
Members of the
07/03/2014 As above
To be covered by
GRI
separate reply
5
N.a.
Members of the
26/05/2014 As above
To be covered by
GRI
separate reply
6
N.a.
Members of the
06/10/2014 As above
To be covered by
GRI
separate reply
7
N.a.
Members of the
08/12/2014 As above
To be covered by
GRI
separate reply
8
N.a.
Members of the
09/01/2015
As above
To be covered by
GRI
separate reply
9
Not available
n/a For the file
24/04/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4971394
10
Not available
n/a For the file
31/05/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4971496
11
Not available
n/a For the file
14/06/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4971571
12
Not available
n/a For the file
03/07/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4972379
13
Not available
n/a For the file
18/07/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4973815
14
Not available
n/a For the file
19/07/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4973949
15
Not available
n/a For the file
05/09/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4972497
16
Not available
n/a For the file
01/10/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4972529
17
Redacted
Dejmek Hack (CAB-
22/10/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4975035
BARNIER);
N. Calvino & H.
Bassi (MARKT)
18
Not available
n/a For the file
27/11/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4973702
19
Not available
n/a For the file
06/12/2013
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4972747
20
Not available
n/a For the file
16/01/2014
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4972800
21
Not available
n/a For the file
05/02/2014
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4975332
22
Not available
n/a For the file
25/02/2014
CWP minutes
Ares(2017)4972899
I enclose a copy of the non-paper 'Gambling Sector: Money laundering risks' (document 1)
and the non-paper on Supra national Risk Assessment in the 4AMLD (document 2) that
were distributed at the Council Working party on 3 July 2013 and 23 September 2013
respectively.
Please note that because some of the documents you have requested fall under the
responsibility of other Directorates-General, parts of your request (GRI notes) have been
attributed to the Secretariat -General. This reply relates only to the documents held by DG
Justice and Consumers. You will receive replies from the Commission's Secretariat-General
in due course. (documents 3 – 8)
Having examined the other documents (documents 9 – 22) requested under the provisions
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, I regret to inform
you that your application cannot be granted, as disclosure is prevented by exceptions to the
right of access laid down in Article 4(3) of this Regulation.
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Disclosure of these documents would undermine the protection of the decision-making
process and is likely to prejudice the ongoing negotiations relating to a proposal to amend
Directive (EU) 2015/849. Disclosure is therefore prevented by exception to the right of
access laid down in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 as a large number of
amendments are being discussed in the trilogue. Partial access to these documents, i.e. the
remaining parts of these documents after expunging the confidential information, would
make them meaningless or illegible.
The exceptions laid down in Articles 4(2) and 4(3) of Regulation 1049/2001 apply unless
there is an overriding public interest in disclosure of the documents. An overriding public
interest in disclosure, in accordance with the Regulation 1049/2001 has not been identified.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 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 Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General
Transparency unit SG-B-4
BERL 5/282
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
[e-signed]
Tiina Astola
Enclosures:
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Electronically signed on 06/11/2017 10:52 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563