Ref. Ares(2022)5595595 - 05/08/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1
Mr Olivier Hoedeman
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Belgium
By email: ask+request-11503-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/3775
Dear Mr Hoedeman,
We refer to your e-mail of 29 June 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 1 July 2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to:
“- all reports (and other notes) from meetings between the European Commission and
representatives of the Union des Aéroports Français (UAF) and/or the Airports Council
International Europe (ACI Europe) since July 1st 2021.
- all correspondence (including emails and WhatsApp messages) between the European
Commission and representatives of the Union des Aéroports Français (UAF) and/or the
Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) since July 1st 2021.
- a list of all the above-mentioned documents (including dates, names of
participants/senders/recipients
and
their
affiliation,
subject
of
meeting/correspondence)”.
We regret to inform you that the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by DG GROW, DG GROW is not in a position to fulfil your
request.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to
make 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 Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx.
Yours faithfully,
Electronically signed
Hubert Gambs
Deputy Director-General
On behalf of
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
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Electronically signed on 04/08/2022 16:51 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121