Correspondence the Commission and the German Government on CETA and TTIP

La demande a été rejetée par Commerce.

Katharina Nocun

Dear Trade (TRADE),

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

1) the content of all correspondence (including e-mails) between the European Commission and representatives of the German Government (especially German Ministry of Economy) on
a) the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) (between April 2009 and today) and
b) the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (between January 2012 and today).

2) German negotiating positions or other documents presenting the opinions of the German authorities on the proposed provisions of CETA and TTIP agreements regarding to intelectual property, data flows / privacy, e-commerce and Investor-state dispute settlement, held by the Commission.

3) what individuals and organizations (private, social or public) have so far (up to the date of application) access to all or part of the proposed proviosions of CETA and TTIP agreements. Please give me:
a) the names of these institutions and the names and positions of persons,
b) date of availability of documents,
c) their scope and
d) the purpose of availability, as well as
e) the legal basis on which this access was granted.

If the requested documents were conducted in more than one
language​​, please, make available all versions.

Yours faithfully,

Katharina Nocun

Dear Ms Nocun,

Your request for access to documents has been registered with the code 2014/1374. This message is an acknowledgement of receipt.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a reply within 15 working days (31/03/2014).

Yours faithfully,

Laura Saija
Access to Documents

European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 7/90
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 83078
[email address]

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Dear Katarina,

We refer to your request of 08/03/2014 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in the position to complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expired on 31/03/2014.

An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns potentially very large number documents. In addition majority of the documents requested originate from Member State which must be consulted in line with Article 4(4) of the Regulation.

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 24/04/2014.

We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,

Indre

DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
+32 2 295 61 07

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Commerce

Dear Katarina,

We refer to your request with reference number 2014/1374.

Your application concerns a large number of documents, which need to be assessed individually. Such a detailed analysis cannot be carried out within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of Regulation 1049/2001.

However, Regulation 1049/2001 provides for a possibility to confer with applicants in order to find a fair solution when an application concerns a very large number of documents. Article 6(3) provides that "in the event of an application relating to a very long document or to very large number of documents, the institution concerned may confer with the applicant informally, with a view to finding a fair solution". Based on this provision, and having consulted the units in charge of collecting the material, we would like to propose you middle of July as a new deadline.

If you have any questions concerning this proposal, please contact us.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Indre

Access to Documents

European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 3/3
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 61 07

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Dear Ms Nocun,

Could you kindly provide us with your full postal address. As in line with the new procedural requirements we should send you paper copy of the decision. Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience.

Thank you and kind regards,
Indre

Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 3/3
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 61 07

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Dear Ms Nocun,

having received no reply from your side I will close your access to documents request GestDem 2014-1374.
Should you still need the information requested I kindly invite you to introduce a new request, containing your full postal address.

Thank you

Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 3/3
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

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