Ref. Ares(2023)991225 - 10/02/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
Brussels
Maximilian Henning
Eendrachtskade 12-35, 9726 CW Groningen,
The Netherlands
E-mail
: ask+request-12377-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Henning,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2023/0062
We refer to your e-mail sent and registered on 3 February 2023 in which you make a request for
access to documents under the above mentioned reference number.
You requested access to “
All minutes, agendas, summaries, notes or memos issued before or after;
documents prepared for, issued in preparation for, or exchanged during; as well as all
correspondence including attachments by either of the meeting parties related to the 19.12.2022
meeting between Euromines and Pierre-Arnaud Proux..”
The following documents fall within the scope of your application:
1.
Ares(2023)360152 Meeting between EVP Vestager CAB and SveMin Boliden and
Euromines 19 December 10-10.30am (002)_Redacted
2.
Ares(2022)8715307 RE_ Meeting on CRM Act on Dec 19_Redacted
With regard to the documents listed above, 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 it contains the following
personal data:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not pertaining to the
senior management;
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the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons;
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2018/1725) 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 requested document, 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.
Please further note that document 1 was drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the
relevant official of the European Commission. They solely reflect the author's interpretation of the
interventions made and does not set out any official position of the third parties to which the
document refers. They do not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
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 to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Please kindly send an acknowledgement of the receipt of this reply.
Yours sincerely,
Elisa Roller
Director
(e-signed)
Annex:
2 documents
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Electronically signed on 10/02/2023 16:55 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
