Access to documents request: 2022-06-15 meeting between Thierry Breton and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited) and Amazon Europe Core SARL
Dear Sir or Madam,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on 2022-06-15 between Thierry Breton and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited) and Amazon Europe Core SARL.
In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis. At no point should the Commission's search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Nienke Palstra, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours sincerely
Nienke Palstra.
Dear Ms. Palstra
Thank you for your e-mails of 11/08/2022 We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
12/08/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/4592.
Please note that all your three e-mails concerning the access to documents
related to following meetings : 2022-06-15 between Thierry Breton and
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a
Facebook Ireland Limited) and Amazon Europe Core SARL; 2022-06-28 between
Maurits-Jan Prinz and Google; 2022-06-30 between Filomena Chirico and
Bitkom e.V, has been merged and registered under a unique number.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
05/09/2022. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
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DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Madam,
I refer to your email of 11 August 2022, registered on 12 August 2022, by
which you submit an application for access to documents in accordance with
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under the reference number above.
Your request is currently being handled. Unfortunately, we have not yet
been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a full analysis
of your request and to take a final decision.
Therefore, we are not in a position to reply to your request within the
prescribed time limit which expired on 5 September 2022.
Consequently, we have to extend this period by another 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The new
deadline expires on 26 September 2022.
However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with
a final reply within the next 15 working days.
I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Mariusz Daca, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Unit
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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Dear Madam,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 12/08/2022
under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 05/09/2022.
An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties which have been consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 26/09/2022.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Ms Palstra ,
We refer to your e-mail dated 11/08/2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 12/08/2018 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Please note that we are not in a position to complete the handling of your
application within the extended time limit of 15 working days, which
expires on 26/09/2022. Please be reassured that we are doing our best to
be able to send you the reply as soon as possible.
We apologise for this additional delay and for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Deat Ms. Palstra,
Please find here enclose the reply to your access to documents request
registered under the number 2022/4592.
Kindly
DG GROW – Access to documents team
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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