Ref. Ares(2023)7710018 - 13/11/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
Margarida Da Silva
KNSM-laan 17
1019 LA, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
By email only with acknowledgment of
receipt:
ask+request-12946-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 – EASE 2023/2602
Dear Ms Da Silva,
I am writing in reference to your confirmatory application registered on 27 September 2023,
submitted in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public
access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents1 (hereafter 'Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001').
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application, registered
on 4 May 2023, in which you requested access to:
‘-minutes and any other reports of meetings held by DG CNECT and OpenAI.
-all correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between DG
CNECT and Open AI.’
The initial request was assigned to the Directorate‑General for Communications Networks,
Content and Technology. As you did not receive an initial reply within the statutory time
limits, you submitted a confirmatory application on 27 September 2023.
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 10 November 2023 (under
reference number Ares(2023)7658031).
Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory application
related to the lack of initial reply.
1 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, should you wish to request a review of the initial reply of
10 November 2023.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 13/11/2023 17:21 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121