Ref. Ares(2021)5234972 - 23/08/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
SG.C.1/DO
By registered letter with AR
Ms Rachel Cox
Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53,
1000, Brussels
Belgium
Copy by email: ask+request-9386-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2021/4866
Dear Ms Cox,
I refer to your e-mail of 3 August 2021, registered on 4 August 2021, in which you
submit a confirmatory application 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 of
26 April 2021 in which you requested, I quote:
‘All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes
(hand written or electronic), attendees (company names in attendance), meeting
conclusions, audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines
to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on 9th July 2020 between
Eglantine Cujo and the following: Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d'Aliments
Composés (FEFAC), Comité du commerce des céréales, aliments du bétail, oléagineux,
huile d'olive, huiles et graisses et agrofournitures de l'U.E. (COCERAL) and The EU
Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry (FEDIOL).’
1 OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
The initial request was assigned to the Directorate-General for Environment. As you did
not receive an initial reply from that Directorate-General within the statutory time limits,
you submitted a confirmatory application on 3 August 2021.
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 13 August 2021 (under
reference number Ares(2021)5100661).
Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory application
related to the lack of initial reply.
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 13 August 2021.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 23/08/2021 15:40 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482