Ref. Ares(2019)5447571 - 28/08/2019
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
The Director-General
Brussels,
DG/JP/I.3/KVK/RW D(2019)
5974646
Ms. Klaudia NOWAKOWSKA
Bielańska 12
00-085 Warsaw
Poland
By registered letter with acknowledgment of
receipt
Advance copy by email : ask+request-7046-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2019/4538
Dear Madam,
We refer to your e-mails dated 4/07/2019 and 8/08/2019 in which you make request for
access to documents, registered on 5/08/2019 under the above-mentioned reference
number.
Your request access to:
(a) Any document related to meetings or other communications, such as, but not limited
to 1) meeting requests, 2) list of participants and parties on whose behalf such meetings
were requested or whose interests were represented, 3) any materials submitted before,
during or after such meetings, 4) any correspondence related to such meetings or to
topics discussed or to be discussed at such meetings, 5) any follow-up documents, such
as minutes, conclusions or summaries generated after such meetings, with private parties
(including third parties), their representatives, associations, or other collective bodies,
held or requested or received between 1 October 2017 and 30 June 2019, of which the
topic was, or turned out to be, limits for contaminants in fertilizers, or at which such
limits were discussed;
(b) Any document related to meetings or other communications, such as, but not limited
to 1) meeting requests, 2) list of participants and parties on whose behalf such meetings
were requested or whose interests were represented, 3) any materials submitted before,
during or after such meetings, 4) any correspondence related to such meetings or to
topics discussed or to be discussed at such meetings, 5) any follow-up documents, such
as minutes, conclusions or summaries generated after such meetings, with private parties
(including third parties), their representatives, associations, or other collective bodies,
held or requested or received between 1 October 2017 and the date of the submission of
this request, of which the topic was, or turned out to be, limits for contaminants in
fertilizers, or at which such limits were discussed;
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
(c) Any document, including, but not limited to, 1) internal correspondence of EC
officials, as well as with outside parties, relating to limits to be proposed, 2) documents
showing why specific numbers (and not other numbers) were proposed and chosen as
limits for specific contaminants in the Proposal, 3) different drafts of Proposal related to
contaminants and Annex I prior to its finalization, 4) your version of the Proposal, 5)
your input during the inter-service consultations on the Proposal with respect to
contaminant limits, 6) any opinions of lawyers relevant to contaminant limits, held or
requested or received between 1 October 2017 and the date of the submission of this
request, related to the adoption of the Proposal in the part relevant to limits on
contaminants in fertilizers.
We regret to inform you that the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI) does not hold any documents that would correspond to the
description given in your applications.
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 DG AGRI, DG AGRI is not in a position to handle 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 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Jerzy PLEWA
2
Electronically signed on 28/08/2019 14:59 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563