Stakeholder comments on services notifications
Dear DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW),
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents that contain the following information:
- all comments provided to the Commission by stakeholders concerning incoming notifications regarding services, since March 2021.
The background for this request is as follows: in 2019 the Commission started publishing incoming notifications regarding services on its website and invited stakeholders to provide comments on these notifications.
As a result of previous FOI requests that we submitted, a number of such comments were released to us. These gave us important insights into the functioning of the Commission's new mechanism around services notifications. We are now requesting access to comments that were received since March 2021.
Yours faithfully,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
http://www.corporateeurope.org
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930
Mobile: +32 474 486545
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 05 November 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 05 November 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/6630.
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 26 November 2021. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team
Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 05/11/2021
under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we are in a position
to complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15
working days, which expires today.
An extended time limit is needed as the reply to your request is being
finalized.
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 on 17/12/2021.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Mr Hoedeman,
Please find attached the reply Ares(2021)7689790 to your request for access to documents, registered under reference GestDem 2021/6630.
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, 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 [email address]
With best regards,
GROW E3
European Commission
DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Unit E.3 – Notification of regulatory barriers Avenue des Nerviens 105
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[email address]
Dear Kerstin Jorna,
thank you for your response to our access to documents request GestDem 2021/6630, concerning comments by stakeholders regarding notifications under the Services Directive.
You informed me that "no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your application, are held by the Commission".
I herewith confirm receipt - and as you don't have the requested information, I consider the request to be finished.
Yours sincerely,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Dear Kerstin Jorna,
thank you for your response to our access to documents request GestDem
2021/6630, concerning comments by stakeholders regarding notifications
under the Services Directive.
You informed me that "no such documents, corresponding to the description
given in your application, are held by the Commission".
I herewith confirm receipt - and as you don't have the requested
information, I consider the request to be finished.
Yours sincerely,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
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Olivier Hoedeman
Coordinator
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
[1]http://www.corporateeurope.org
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930
Mobile: +32 474 486545
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