Dear Ms Toulemonde,

Thank you for your request for public access to documents that you
submitted to the European Ombudsman’s Office on 13. March 2019.

Your request has been registered today under reference Ares(2019)1692086

It will be dealt with in accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents and
the Decision of the European Ombudsman on internal procedures for dealing
with applications for public access to documents and requests for
information.

We will deal with your request as soon as possible and reply to you no
later than 02. April 2019 (15 working days from the date of registration
of your request).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Office by
telephone: + 33 (0)3 88 17 23 13 or e-mail: [1][European Ombudsman request email].

Yours sincerely,

Michael Weiskorn

[2]cid:image001.gif@01D00286.F2575FB0 European Ombudsman

FOI team

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Subject: Reply to your request for access to documents - Ares(2019)1692086

Dear Ms Toulemonde,

By e-mail of 13 March 2019, you asked the European Ombudsman’s Office for
public access to “all the documentation related to a complaint made by The
European Consumer Organisation regarding to European Commission and
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS IN COSMETICS (Cosmetics Europe) (done the 30 November
2017)”.

Your request was registered on 14 March 2019 under the reference number
Ares(2019)1692086.

We have dealt with your request in accordance with Regulation
1049/2001[6][1] regarding public access to European Parliament, Council
and Commission documents and the Ombudsman’s Decision on the handling of
requests for public access to documents[7][2].

We have identified 14 documents regarding case 2111/2017/MDC as falling
within the scope of your access request. For a list of the documents and
their reference numbers, please see the attached Excel sheet.

As you will see in the Excel sheet, the Ombudsman’s decision closing the
inquiry into the complaint is available on our website.

The Ombudsman did not make a solution proposal or a recommendation in this
case but closed it by decision of 7 February 2019 after having obtained
written comments from both the European Commission and the complainant.  

We have decided to grant you partial access to the documents.

We have redacted the documents with a view to protecting personal data in
accordance with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation 1049/2001 together with
Regulation (EU) 2018/1725[8][3] of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 23 October 2018.

According to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation 1049/2001, access to a document
(or parts thereof) shall be refused if its disclosure would undermine the
protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual.

Article 3(1) of Regulation 2018/1725 provides that personal data “means
any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person
[…]”.

Should you wish to have access to the personal data thus redacted, you may
make a corresponding request. Please note that under Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation 2018/1725 personal data shall only be transmitted to recipients
established in the Union other than Union institutions and bodies if “the
recipient establishes that it is necessary to have the data transmitted
for a specific purpose in the public interest and the controller, where
there is any reason to assume that the data subject’s legitimate interests
might be prejudiced, establishes that it is proportionate to transmit the
personal data for that specific purpose after having demonstrably weighed
the various competing interests”. You would thus need to demonstrate, in
your potential request, the necessity of having the personal data
transferred for a specific purpose in the public interest. [9][4]

Should you wish to challenge this decision, you may request a review under
Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001 (‘confirmatory application’
procedure). You may do so by sending an e-mail to [European Ombudsman request email]
within 15 working days of having received this decision. A review request
would then be handled by our Secretary-General.

You are welcome to contact me through our office e-mail or by telephone
with any questions or requests for clarifications you may have.

Yours sincerely,

Tereza Mandjukova

[10]Logo European Ombudsman
Tereza Mandjukova
Deputy Transparency Officer
[11][European Ombudsman request email]
1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman
CS 30403
F - 67001 Strasbourg Cedex
T. + 33 (0)3 88 17 23 13
F. + 33 (0)3 88 17 90 62
[12]www.ombudsman.europa.eu

[1] Regulation 1049 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents is available at:
[13]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...

2 The Decision is available at:
[14]https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/lette...

3 Regulation 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23
October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the
processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and
agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC, is available at:

  [15]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...

4 See also judgment of the Court 29 June 2010 in Case C-28/08 P, European
Commission v The Bavarian Lager Co. Ltd., ECLI:EU:C:2010:378, paragraph
63. 

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[16][1] Regulation 1049 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents is available at:
[17]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...

[18][2] The Decision is available at:
[19]https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/lette...

[20][3] Regulation 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the
processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and
agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC, is available at:

[21]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...

[22][4] See also judgment of the Court 29 June 2010 in Case C-28/08 P,
European Commission v The Bavarian Lager Co. Ltd., ECLI:EU:C:2010:378,
paragraph 63. 

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