Ref. Ares(2021)4996249 - 06/08/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS
Director-General (Acting)
Brussels,
JUST.01/AB/Ares(2021)5600102
Mr Clément LE FOLL
By e-mail:
ask+request-9622-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2021/4217
Dear Mr Le Foll,
We refer to your e-mail of 10 June 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 15 June 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, recordings and minutes/notes) relating to
the meeting between Didier Reynders and Idemia on 3rd September 2020”.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
We would like to note that Commissioner Reynders did not hold a meeting with Idemia on
that day.
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 the Commission, the Commission 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
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
According to standard operational procedure, the reply to a request for access to documents
is usually sent by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health
and security measures currently in force during the COVID-19 pandemic, which include the
requirement for all Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a
position to follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by
replying to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx. Yours faithfully,
(e-signed)
Salla SAASTAMOINEN
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Electronically signed on 06/08/2021 10:20 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482