Lobby meetings/correspondence on sanctions

Matteo Civillini made this acceso a documentos request to Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

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La solicitud fue parcialmente exitosa.

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

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:

For the period between 1 January 2022 to date:

- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls and/or interactions of any kind held by the Secretariat General, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “sanctions” and/or “Russia" and/or "Russian" were discussed.
The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;

- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;

- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings and/or exchanged during the course of the meetings.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the Secretariat, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “sanctions” and/or “Russia" and/or "Russian".

To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to explain the denial or all redactions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.

Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Matteo Civillini
Via Cordusio, 4 - Milan (ITALY)
C/o Sala stampa nazionale Milano

Matteo Civillini

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 10 March 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
11/03/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/1434.

 

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 1^st April 2022. In case this time limit
needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union.

Therefore, the European Commission cannot be held accountable for any
technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.

 

Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission.

For further information on your rights, please refer to the third party’s
privacy policy.

 

We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).

 

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.

 

If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence. In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.

 

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[5]Privacy statement - access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)

 

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European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG.C1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

[7][email address]

 

 

 

 

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,

The time limit for this request expired last Friday, 1st April 2022.

In order to comply with regulations, please provide a response to my request as soon as possible or, alternatively, a reason why the response is being delayed.

Thank you

Yours sincerely,

Matteo Civillini

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

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Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email.

Please be informed that a reply to your initial request for access to documents, registered under reference Gestdem 2022/1434 has been sent to you on 25/03/2022 (see attach.).

Kind regards,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.

I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Lobby meetings/correspondence on sanctions'.

There is an overriding public interest in knowing how lobby and industry groups may have informed and/or influenced decision-making on an important matter of public interest.

I would argue your refusal to grant my application is based on a blanket ban on disclosure without assessing the merit of each relevant document.

I would ask you to take into account Article 4 (6) states that if only parts of the requested document are covered by any of the exceptions, the remaining parts of the document shall be released.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/lobby...

Yours faithfully,

Matteo Civillini

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email dated 06/04/2022 by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by the
Secretariat General in reply to your initial application GESTDEM
2022/1434.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 07/04/2022 (Ares(2022)2656381).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (03/05/2022). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.

Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.

Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)3374543  (Please use
this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Mr Civillini,

I refer to your letter of 06/04/2022, registered on 07/04/2022, by which
you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents[6]^[1] ("Regulation
1049/2001").

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements we need to carry out
a full analysis of your request in order to take a final decision and,
therefore, we are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request
within the prescribed time limit expiring 03/05/2022. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on 25 May
2022.

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

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[7][1]      Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.

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[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)3374543 -
Ares(2022)4002505  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
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Dear Mr Civillini,

 

I am writing in reference to your letter of 06/04/2022, registered on
07/04/2022, by which you lodge a confirmatory application in accordance
with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents[6][1] (hereafter
Regulation 1049/2001).

 

I also refer to our holding reply dated 02/05/2022, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory request was extended by 15 working
days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Regulation. This extended time limit
expired on 25/05/2022.

 

Unfortunately, we are not yet in a position to provide you with our final
position within this deadline given the delay for internal consultations
concerning your request.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[7][SG request email]>
Sent: Monday, May 2, 2022 4:05 PM
To: [8][FOI #10811 email]
Subject: Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)3374543

 

[9]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)3374543  (Please use
this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

 

Dear Mr Civillini,

I refer to your letter of 06/04/2022, registered on 07/04/2022, by which
you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents[10]^[1] ("Regulation
1049/2001").

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements we need to carry out
a full analysis of your request in order to take a final decision and,
therefore, we are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request
within the prescribed time limit expiring 03/05/2022. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on 25 May
2022.

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit

European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

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[11][1]      OJ L145, 31.05.2001 p.43

[12][1]      Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,

You should have provided a response to my confirmatory application by 25th May 2022. A reply to my request is now long overdue.

On 30th May you informed me that due to "internal consultations" you were still not able to provide me with a response.

Three more weeks have passed and you have neither provided me with a response nor given me an update on the situation.

Could you please reply to my confirmatory application, as mandated by legislation?

Thank you.
Yours sincerely,

Matteo Civillini

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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[1]RE: Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)3374543 -
Ares(2022)4002505 - Ares(2022)4595000  (Please use this link only if you
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utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Sir,

I am writing in reference to your letter of 06/04/2022, registered on
07/04/2022, by which you lodge a confirmatory application in accordance
with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.

I also refer to your mail below dated 21/06/2022, with which you ask about
a state of play about the request.

We had informed you with our mail dated 30/05/2022 that we were not yet in
a position to provide you with our final position within the extended time
limit that expired on 31/03/2022, due to on-going consultations concerning
your request. These on-going consultations concerning your request are
unfortunately not yet finalized.

We would like to reassure you that we are doing our utmost in order to
handle your confirmatory application as fast as possible.

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

Yours sincerely,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,

A response to my request for a confirmatory application is overdue by two months.

You are in breach of the regulations and you have regrettably been unable to provide a precise timeframe for a reply.

Unfortunately, I am left with no choice but to refer the matter to the European Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely,

Matteo Civillini

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

[1]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)3374543 -
Ares(2022)4002505 - Ares(2022)4595000 - Ares(2022)4983839  (Please use
this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Sir,

I refer to your mail below dated 07/07/2022, with which you ask about a
state of play about the request.

We are unfortunately not yet in a position to provide you with our final
position, due to on-going internal consultations concerning your request
and due to the high number of documents to be identified and assessed for
the sake of your request.

These on-going consultations concerning your request are unfortunately not
yet finalized.

We would like to reassure you that we are doing our utmost in order to
handle your confirmatory application as fast as possible.

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

Yours sincerely,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,

A response to my request is overdue by several months now. I urge you once again to comply with access to documents regulations and provide a response to my request or, at the very least, a specific timeframe by which a response can be reasonably provided.

Thank you

Yours sincerely,

Matteo Civillini

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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Dear Sir,

 

I refer to your mail below dated 24/08/2022. We are unfortunately still
not yet in a position to provide you with our final  position. The
on-going consultations concerning your request are unfortunately not  yet
finalized.

 

We would like to reassure you that we are doing our utmost in order to
handle your confirmatory application as fast as possible.

 

I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1

[5][email address]

 

 

 

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,
This request remains long overdue.
More than 10 months have passed since you last said discussions were still ongoing and a response had not been finalised.
As you are aware, the failure to respond to the request puts you in continuous breach of the access to information regulations.
I demand once again that you promptly provide a response to my request.

Kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

Matteo Civillini

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

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[1]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/1434 - Ares(2022)5922591 -
Ares(2023)4033192  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your email.

Please be informed that the decision - C(2023)3564 - corresponding to the
reply to you confirmatory decision 2022/1434 has been delivered to you, by
DHL, on 31/05/2023 - see attached.

Kind regards,

Access to documents team - cr
SG.C.1
Transparency

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Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,

Thank you for providing a response to my confirmatory request.
I note that the disclosed documents are not attached to your reply.
Could you possibly send them in electronic format, as stated in my original request?

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Matteo Civillini

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretaría General de la Comisión Europea

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank for your below mail dated 19/06/2023.

 

We confirm the decision - C(2023)3564 - corresponding to the reply to your
confirmatory decision 2022/1434, has been delivered to you, by  DHL, on
31/05/2023 - see attached the postal acknowledgement of receipt for
delivery of the decision with a USB key containing the document in annex
to the decision.

Kind regards,

Access to documents team - cr
SG.C.1
Transparency
Berl. 07/251

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