Ref. Ares(2022)1580770 - 03/03/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1/
Mr Adrien Le Louarn
European Parliament
Altiero Spinelli - 07H357
Rue Wiertz 60
B-1047 Bruxelles
Belgium
By e-email: ask+request-10711-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/0818
Dear Mr Le Louarn,
We refer to your e-mail of 7 February 2022, registered on 8 February 2022, in which you
make a request for access to documents under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to: “
All documents related to Commissioner Breton's meeting with
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. representatives on March 10, 2021:
- all agendas for this meeting;
- any record of the aforementioned meeting. This may include, but not necessarily be
limited to, minutes of the meeting, verbatim reports of the meeting, transcripts etc, that
would provide a record of the proceedings of the meeting;
- all documents prepared or received for the purpose of this meeting and/or distributed
among the attendees before or during the course of this meeting (such as – but not
limited to – handouts, leaflets, briefings or background notes).
- all correspondence sent or received in preparation for this meeting and/or in order to
arrange these meeting, including all attachments
- all documents prepared or received with regards to and/or as a follow up to this
meeting; and
- all correspondence sent or received with regards to and/or as a follow up to this
meeting, including all attachments.”
We have identified 4 enclosed documents that fall within the scope of your request.
A complete disclosure of the identified documents is prevented by the exception
concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual outlined in Article
4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because they contain the following data:
- the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
- the names/initials, contact details and functions of other natural persons.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you
for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that
the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. In your request, you do
not express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a specific
purpose in the public interest.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has
not been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data
concerned.
In addition, some parts of document 2 have been blanked out as their disclosure is
prevented by the exception concerning the protection of international relations laid down
in Article 4(1)(a) third indent of the Regulation. Parts of this document contain
information from Member States that could damage the EU’s diplomatic relations with
third countries and within the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Please note that a document originating from a third party is disclosed to you based on
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the rules
on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the released
document without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual property
right on it. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility from its reuse.
In case you would disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit 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
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels, or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Kerstin Jorna
Director General
Enclosure: 4
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Electronically signed on 03/03/2022 15:32 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
