Ref. Ares(2020)3703469 - 14/07/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Director General
Brussels,
grow.ddg2.e.2
By registered letter
with acknowledgment of receipt
Mr Olivier Hoedeman
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Advance copy by email :
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Your application for access to documents - Ref GestDem No 2020/3696
Dear Mr Hoedeman,
I refer to your email dated 16/06/2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 17/06/2020 under the above mentioned reference number.
You request access to documents which contain the following information:
minutes and other reports of meetings between the European Commission and private
healthcare companies (including Fresenius Helios /Quironsalud, Asklepios, Ramsay
Health, Sana Kliniken, Elsan, Gruppo San Donato and Capio), professional services
firms (including PWC, Deloitte, KPMG, EY and McKinsey) as well as with lobby
groups and thinktanks (including the European alliance for cost efficiency in
healthcare (COSTEFF), Health Consumer Powerhouse, etc.), where medical care and
healthcare issues (including health sector reform, patients choice, cross-border
healthcare, or healthcare service markets) were discussed (from June 1st 2017 till
today).
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
BREY 14/110 Tel. +32 229-64449
all correspondence (including emails) between the European Commission and private
healthcare companies (including Fresenius Helios /Quironsalud, Asklepios, Ramsay
Health, Sana Kliniken, Elsan, Gruppo San Donato and Capio), professional services
firms (including PWC, Deloitte, KPMG, EY and McKinsey) as well as with lobby
groups and thinktanks (including the European alliance for cost efficiency in
healthcare (COSTEFF), Health Consumer Powerhouse, etc.), where medical care and
healthcare issues (including health sector reform, patients choice, cross-border
healthcare, or healthcare service markets) were discussed (from June 1st 2017 till
today).
We regret to inform you that DG GROW does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
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 GROW, DG GROW is not in a position to fulfil 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 Brussels
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx Yours faithfully,
Kerstin Jorna
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Electronically signed on 13/07/2020 19:03 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563