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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
Planning, finance, data
B1. Planning & Briefings
Brussels
GROW.B.1/MS
Ms Lora Verheecke
9 rue du Bronze
1070 Bruxelles
Belgique
Email : ask+request-9477-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/3124
Dear Ms Verheecke,
We refer to your e-mail dated 12 May 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 12 May 2021 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to “
All documentation (including but not limited to all email
correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts and
recordings) and the meeting minutes/notes relating to the meeting between Kerstin Jorna
and Cefic on 1st December 2020.”
We have identified the enclosed 3 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.
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
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
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data
concerned.
Please note that the documents were drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of
the relevant services of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs. It solely reflects the services’ interpretation of the
interventions made and does not set out any official position of the third parties to which the
document refers, which was not consulted on its content. It does not reflect the position of
the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
You may reuse public documents, which have been produced by the European
Commission or by public and private entities on its behalf based on the
Commission
Decision on the reuse of Commission documents. You may reuse the document disclosed
free of charge and for non-commercial and commercial purposes provided that the source
is acknowledged and that you do not distort the original meaning or message of the
document. Please note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the
reuse.
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 Secretary-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,
Electronically signed
Laurence de Richemont
Head of Unit
Enclosure: 3
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Electronically signed on 11/06/2021 21:24 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482