DG Fisma, lobby meetings on taxation

La demande est partiellement réussie.

Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request a list of all lobby meetings held by DG Fisma since November 2015 where any or all of the following were discussed, to include the name of the lobby organisation, date, topic, and names of individuals attending:

- ‘transparency for tax planning intermediaries’
- ‘EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes’ (blacklisted tax havens)
- ‘Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (AML)’
- country-by-country reporting proposal

I would further like to request the minutes/ reports of all lobby meetings held by DG Fisma since November 2015 which involved one or more of the following organisations: KPMG, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Ernst & Young (EY), FTI Consulting, Hill & Knowlton, Fleishman-Hillard, Gide Loyrette Nouel (Gide), QED, The Skill Set, Albright Stonebridge Group LLC, European Business Initiative on Taxation (EBIT), Accountancy Europe, European Tax Adviser Federation, European Services Forum, Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE), BusinessEurope.

Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brx

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Dear Madam,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 22/12/2017. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 26/12/2017 under reference number GestDem 2017/7654.

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 24/01/2018.

In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence
Berl. 05/315

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Dear Ms Cann,

Your request is addressed directly to our Directorate general dealing with Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,

As regards your first question:

"Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request a list of all lobby meetings held by DG Fisma since November 2015 where any or all of the following were discussed, to include the name of the lobby organisation, date, topic, and names of individuals attending:

- ‘transparency for tax planning intermediaries’
- ‘EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes’ (blacklisted tax havens)
- ‘Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (AML)’
- country-by-country reporting proposal"

The first and second topics are dealt by DG TAXUD:
- ‘transparency for tax planning intermediaries’
- ‘EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes’ (blacklisted tax havens)

Please address directly your request to DG TAXUD or ask that your request is reattributed to this Directorate general.

Yours sincerely

European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union 
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and stakeholders' relations"
Access to documents team
1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,

Thank you. I can confirm that I have done this. Please confirm that you will still answer on:

- ‘Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (AML)’
- country-by-country reporting proposal"

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

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Dear Mrs Cann,

DG TAXUD is processing your requests.

Kind regards,

TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

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Dear Ms Cann,

Thank you for your e-mail sent this morning. I come back to you with a last clarification on the first part of your request:

"Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request a list of all lobby meetings held by DG Fisma since November 2015 where any or all of the following were discussed, to include the name of the lobby organisation, date, topic, and names of individuals attending:

- ‘transparency for tax planning intermediaries’
- ‘EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes’ (blacklisted tax havens)
- ‘Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (AML)’
- country-by-country reporting proposal"

The third topic is dealt by DG JUST:
- ‘Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (AML)’

The last topic is for our DG
- country-by-country reporting proposal"

Please address directly your request to DG JUST or ask that your request is reattributed to this Directorate general.

Yours sincerely

European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and stakeholders' relations"
Access to documents team
1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,

Thank you. So you will porduce a DG Fisma reply on 'country-by-country reporting proposal'? Please confirm.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

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Dear Ms Vicky Cann,

 

Please find attached a reply letter to your request sent on 22/12/2017.

 

The original letter will follow by post.

 

Kind regards,

Florence

 

 

Florence VEYS

Secretary to Alain Deckers- Head of Unit

Unit B3 - Accounting and financial reporting

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Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union
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office: SPA2 07/065, tel.: +32-2-29.81037
email: [2][email address]
web: [3]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

 

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Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,

Thanks for this list. Was the lobby consultancy firm Kreab representing itself or a client when it attended the meeting on 25/5/2016, and if the latter, which client?

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

EC ARES NOREPLY,

[1]Ares(2018)372425 - RE: access to documents request - DG Fisma, lobby
meetings on taxation --- Ref. Gestdem 2017/7654

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Dear Ms Cann,

Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2017/7654
We refer to your e-mail dated 22/12/2017 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 26/12/2017 under the above mentioned
reference number.
You have received a first answer concerning the first par of your request,
as regards the second part of your request, 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
24/1/2017.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns a large
number of documents and in order to retrieve the documents requested,
large files have to be examined;

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 14/02/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union 
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and
stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium
web: [2]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

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Dear Ms Vicky Cann,

 

This is to reply to your request for additional information in the frame
of request Ref GestDem No 2017/7654.

 

The firm Kreab mentioned that they were advising European and
international firms on EU policy and regulatory developments. As regards
their client, Kreab referred to their website, but mentioned no specific
names.

 

Sincerely,

 

Florence

 

Florence VEYS

Secretary to Alain Deckers- Head of Unit

Unit B3 - Accounting and financial reporting

[1]EC logo

European Commission

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union
1049 Brussels, Belgium

office: SPA2 07/065, tel.: +32-2-29.81037
email: [2][email address]
web: [3]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

 

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Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,

Thank you for the reply regarding Kreab.

Just to clarify, the second part of my request which you mention still needs a response, is the part regarding minutes for the listed organisations? Please confirm.

Additionally, I would like to request the minutes that relate to the list of lobby meetings which you provided. Is it possible to do that in the frame of this request, or should I submit a new request?

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

EC ARES NOREPLY,

[1]Ares(2018)585363 - RE: FW: Your application for access to documents –
Ref GestDem No 2017/7654 New request Gestdem 2018 /655

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Dear Ms Cann,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 24 January 2018 concerning minutes of
meetings for which we have provided a list of meetings in request
2017/7654.  We hereby acknowledge receipt of your new application for
access to documents, which was registered on 29 January 2018 under
reference number GestDem 2018/655.

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 19
February 2018. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

As regards the second part of your request 2017/7654 we are dealing with
your request, we will certainly have to extend the deadline depending of
the result of uor searches which involve most of the units of our
Directorate General

Yours sincerely,

European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union 
FISMA coordination access to documents
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and
stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium
web: [2]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

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Dear Ms Vicky Cann,

 

Please find attached a reply letter and its annexes to your request sent
on 24/01/2018 in the frame of request Ref GestDem No 2018/655.

 

The original letter will follow by post.

 

Sincerely,

 

Florence

 

Florence VEYS

Secretary to Alain Deckers- Head of Unit

Unit B3 - Accounting and financial reporting

[1]EC logo

European Commission

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union
1049 Brussels, Belgium

office: SPA2 07/065, tel.: +32-2-29.81037
email: [2][email address]
web: [3]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

 

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Dear Ms Cann,

Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2017/7654

We refer to your e-mail dated 22/12/2017 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 26/12/2017 under the above mentioned
reference number.
You have now received answers concerning the first part of your request.

 

As regards the second part of your request, 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
14/2/2018.
more time is needed as your application concerns a large number of
documents that we have retrieved.

 

We are now in the process of examining the documents requested. These
concern most of the units of the DG, and consequently this represents a
significant amount of work.

Therefore, we are obliged to extend the time limit in accordance with
Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
documents. We will be in a position to deliver our answer on 14/03/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union 
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and
stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium
web: [1]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

 

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[2]Ares(2018)372425 - RE: access to documents request - DG Fisma, lobby
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Dear Ms Cann,

Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2017/7654
We refer to your e-mail dated 22/12/2017 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 26/12/2017 under the above mentioned
reference number.
You have received a first answer concerning the first par of your request,
as regards the second part of your request, 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
24/1/2017.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns a large
number of documents and in order to retrieve the documents requested,
large files have to be examined;

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 14/02/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM

European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union 
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and
stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium
web: [5]http://ec.europa.eu/finance

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Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,
Please can you let me know when I will receive a full reply to the second part of this request 2017/7654?
Thanks in advance. Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann

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Dear Ms Cann,

We have finalised the assessment of the documents and we are preparing the answer to your request.
You will receive our answer no later than the end of this week.

Yours sincerely,

FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union 
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Dear Ms Cann,

Our answer is under signature by our Director General.
You will receive our answer on Monday.
We apologies for any inconvenience.

Yours sincerely,

FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium

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[1]Ares(2018)1506965 - RE: Access to documents request - DG Fisma, lobby
meetings on taxation --- Ref. Gestdem 2017/7654

Sent by BOULOUQUE Didier (FISMA) <[email address]>. All
responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par BOULOUQUE Didier (FISMA) <[email address]>.
Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.

Dear Ms Cann,

Please find enclosed a copy of our answer.
You will receive by mail the document and enclosures.

Yours sincerely,

FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union
Unit 02 " Unit 02 "Inter-institutional Relations, planning and
stakeholders' relations"
1049 Brussels, Belgium

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