Infringement cases Dieselgate 2
Dear Madam, Sir,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- An overview of all letters and e-mails sent and received since 11 May 2020, including date, of the following infringement cases:
20162179
20162180
20162182
20162183
20172044
- If any of these cases are closed, the content of those letters and e-mails since 29 February 2016
I realise that for the cases that are still open, the Commission would invoke article 4.2 (the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits) on the content of the documents. However, an overview of the documents - the 'metadata' so to say - cannot in any way undermine the protection of the purpose of the infringement investigation.
This is a follow-up to my access to documents request registered on 15 June 2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/3640. On 28 July 2020, the Commission provided an overview of the 66 documents up until 11 May 2020. If all cases are still open, I would thus be satisfied with an overview of all documents dated later than 11 May 2020. If some or all cases have since then been closed, my request covers the documents listed in the overview provided in response to GESTDEM 2020/3640, and any which have been created/received since then.
Please note I prefer to receive the documents in digital format, not by physical mail.
Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054 HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 25 May 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 30 May 2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3096.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days. The time-limit will expire on 21 June 2022. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
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Yours faithfully,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
Dear Mr Teffer,
referring to your request below, please find enclosed a letter from Mr
Mark Nicklas (proposal for a fair solution) and a document register.
Best regards,
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Mobility
Dear Mr Teffer,
referring to your request below, please find enclosed a first reply and a
document register.
Best regards,
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Mobility
Dear Madam, Sir,
I refer to my access to documents request GESTDEM 2022/3096, and DG GROW's e-mail from 17 June 2022, asking for a fair solution regarding the number of documents.
While this sudden concern of the European Commission to miss 1049/2001 deadlines rings a bit hollow to someone who is regularly faced with delays beyond the extended deadlines, I will narrow down the scope of my request as you ask. However, I do so in the expectation that this narrowing down of the scope of my request will mean DG GROW will finish my application within 30 working days.
Please narrow the request to the documents given numbers 49 through 79:
SG(2018)D/8041
SG(2018)D/8029
SG(2018)D/8044
INF(2018)116112
INF(2018)116162
INF(2018)116165
Ares(2019)728222
Ares(2019)728205
Ares(2019)728197
Ares(2019)2859021
Ares(2019)3513936
Ares(2019)4670328
Ares(2019)7625206
INF(2020)118650
Ares(2020)2501279
Ares(2021)1021472
Ares(2021)2410189
Ares(2021)3840726
Ares(2021)3840566
Ares(2021)4498057
Ares(2021)5539332
Ares(2021)5539204
Ares(2021)5539046
Ares(2021)5539276
INF(2021)001363
NFR(2016)2180
INFR(2016)2179
INFR(2016)2182
INFR(2016)2183
Ares(2021)6048056
Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered 25/05/2022
under the above mentioned reference number.
You have already received a first answer for parts of the request, and you
will receive other answers in the next 15 working days. In addition, the
relevant expert service (I2) has also sent you a fair solution proposal,
given the amount of documents that are concerned for the remaining parts
of your request.
In this context, we are not in a position to complete the full handling of
your application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expired
yesterday.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires 12/07/2022.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
Dear Madam, Sir,
I refer to your e-mail from 22 June 2022, regarding the extension of the deadline to reply to my access to documents application GESTDEM 2022/3096.
The previous day, 21 June 2022, I have sent you an answer to your request for a fair proposal. Your e-mail from 22 June however does not acknowledge receipt of that answer.
Could you confirm that you have received my reply from 21 June?
Cheers,
Peter
Dear Sir,
The relevant service I2 has just confirmed they have retrieved your email of response to the fair solution proposal.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
Dear Mr Teffer,
referring to your request below, please find enclosed a second reply and a
document register.
Due to the large size of the documents, they cannot be sent by e-mail.
Instead, they have been uploaded to a public CIRCABC group at
[1]https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/28895....
Access to the group is open to all with no need to register with the
CIRCABC system. Please let us know if you encounter any problems accessing
the documents.
Best regards,
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Mobility
Dear Mr Teffer,
referring to your request below, please find enclosed a third reply and a
document register.
Due to the large size of the documents, they cannot be sent by e-mail.
Instead, they have been uploaded to a public CIRCABC group at
[1]https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/28895....
Access to the group is open to all with no need to register with the
CIRCABC system. Please let us know if you encounter any problems accessing
the documents.
Best regards,
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Mobility
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Subject: RE: access to documents request - Infringement cases Dieselgate 2
- Second reply
Dear Mr Teffer,
referring to your request below, please find enclosed a second reply and a
document register.
Due to the large size of the documents, they cannot be sent by e-mail.
Instead, they have been uploaded to a public CIRCABC group at
[3]https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/28895....
Access to the group is open to all with no need to register with the
CIRCABC system. Please let us know if you encounter any problems accessing
the documents.
Best regards,
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Mobility