Ref. Ares(2022)5547357 - 03/08/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
CLIMATE ACTION
Directorate A – Strategy, Analysis and Planning
CLIMA.A.1 – Strategic Coordination, Legal & Institutional
Brussels
CLIMA.A.1
Lucy Owens
1 Long Lane
London SE1 4PG
United Kingdom
By email to:
ask+request-11377-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your access to documents request with reference Gestdem 2022/3341
Dear Ms Owens,
We refer to your e-mail dated 1 June 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 9 June 2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You requested access to [a]
ll documentation, including, but not limited to, attendance
lists, agendas, background papers, minutes/notes and email correspondence about or
summarising all correspondence between industry, farmers, foresters and their
associations regarding the initiative titled "Climate change – restoring sustainable
carbon cycles". Including, but not limited to any meetings with the following entities:
Industry associations: Copa Cogeca, European Dairy Association, UECBV,
European Meat Network, Business Europe, CEPI, FoodDrinkEurope and
FuelsEurope
Companies: Arla, Danone, Nestle, Shell, Total, Unilever, Danish Crown, Toennies
Group.
DG CLIMA has identified the following documents within the scope of the application:
Author
Date
Reference
1
European Commission
26/11/2021
Ares(2021)7434783
2
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
3
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
4
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
5
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
6
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
7
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
8
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
9
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
10
European Commission
17/12/2021
Ares(2021)7821803
11
Arla
11/01/2022
Ares(2022)177458
12
Arla
11/01/2022
Ares(2022)177458
13
European Commission
14/02/2022
Ares(2022)1061012
14
European Commission
14/02/2022
Ares(2022)1061012
15
European Commission
14/02/2022
Ares(2022)1061012
16
European Commission
14/02/2022
Ares(2022)1061012
17
European Commission
25/02/2022
Ares(2022)1433393
18
FoodDrink
21/06/2022
Ares(2022)4546611
Following an examination of the documents under the provisions of Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001, I regret to inform you that a complete disclosure of the 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. The documents
contain: names and contact information of Commission staff members not pertaining to the
senior management and names of other natural persons and information relating to an
identified or identifiable natural person.
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
any 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 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.
As regards document 1, it was drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the
relevant officials of DG CLIMA. It solely reflects the author's interpretation of the
interventions made and does not set out any official position of the third parties to which
the documents refer, which were not consulted on the content. It does not reflect the
position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
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.
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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 to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
(Electronically signed)
Luca DE CARLI
Head of Unit
p.p. Isobel FINDLAY
Electronically signed on 02/08/2022 10:51 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
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