Ref. Ares(2020)1145036 - 24/02/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels,
Mr Bram Vranken
Vredesactie
Patriottenstraat 27
2600 Berchem
Belgium
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2019/6093
Dear Mr Vranken,
I refer to your e-mail of 12 February 2020, registered on 18 February 2020, in 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 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application
addressed to the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs for access to, I quote:
- ‘[a]ll documents -including but not limited to e-mails, reports, minutes, etc. - relating to
meetings between DG Growth officials and/or representatives (including the
Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of the company Atos SE’; and
- ‘[a]ll correspondence (including emails) between DG Growth officials and/or
representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of the
company Atos SE.
The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs did
not reply to your requests within the prescribed time limit and this was the reason why
you submitted, on 12 February 2020, a confirmatory application to the Secretariat-
General.
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OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Nonetheless, on 19 February 2020, we received a confirmation from the Directorate-
General for Defence Industry and Space (the Directorate-General in charge of your
request following the recent internal reorganisation of the European Commission) that
the initial reply and its annexes had been sent to you under the reference
Ares(2020) 1062302 on 19 February 2020.
Consequently, we will close the present confirmatory application, registered under
number GESTDEM 2019/6093.
If, in the light of the initial reply from the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and
Space, you wish to submit new confirmatory requests in accordance with Article 7 of the
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you remain free to do so.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 21/02/2020 17:58 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563