Ref. Ares(2019)534119 - 30/01/2019
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels,
By registered mail: Ms Lise Witteman
Follow the money
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 145
1021 KP Amsterdam
The Netherlands
By e-email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – GESTDEM 2018/5753
Dear Ms Witteman,
I refer to your e-mail of 18 December 2018, registered on 9 January 2019, through which
you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents1 (‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
In your initial application of 2 November 2018, addressed to the Directorate-General for
International Cooperation and Development, you requested access to:
• ʻa list of all meetings held by DG FISMA with representatives of Philips since
1 January 2011, relating to (possible) EU-investments in Africa such as the
development of the External Investment Plan and Trust Funds;
• E-mails, minutes and reports relating to those meetings.ʼ
As you did not receive any initial reply from the Directorate-General for International
Cooperation and Development within the statutory deadlines, you submitted a
confirmatory application on 18 December 2018, against the tacit refusal of access to the
documents requested.
1 Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
On 18 January 2019, the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and
Development sent you an initial reply to your application, providing the requested list of
meetings and phone calls for the period from 1 January 2011 to 2 November 2018 and
full access to the identified document.
The reason for your confirmatory application was the absence of any initial reply. As the
Directorate-General International Cooperation and Development has in the meantime
fully replied to your application, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory
application2.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
2 Without prejudice to your right to submit a new confirmatory application if you do not agree with the
position of the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, as reflected in its
reply of 18 January 2019.
2
Electronically signed on 29/01/2019 17:58 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563