Documents related to EU-US Trade and Tech Council
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
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:
All communication related to the developments connected to the EU-US Trade and Tech Council, including emails and other communication with the US Commerce Department, State Department, United States Trade Representative and White House (National Security Council) between June, 2021 and November 2021.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Scott
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
My address is: Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Scott
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 29 November 2021. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 29 November 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/7399.
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 20
December 2021. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
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Yours faithfully,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 29/11/2021 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 01/12/2021 under the above-mentioned
reference number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request. We therefore
invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, to provide us with more detailed
information on the documents that you seek to obtain, in particular:
- Which type of communication? (Ex: exchanges with stakeholders, only
internal exchanges within the Commission and at which level (unit, DG,
Cabinet), only exchanges with the US, etc.)
- Specific topics?
- Specific working groups in the EU-US Trade and Tech Council?
If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application,
please let us know.
In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to
Regulation 1049/2001[1], the 15 working days time limit for handling your
application will start running when we receive the requested
clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear [email address],
In response to your questions:
- Which type of communication? All exchanges within the Commission (at unit, DG & Cabinet level), as well as exchanges with external stakeholders, including trade groups, NGOs and think tanks, over the given time period. I also would like exchanges with all US federal agencies, including the White House.
The specific topics relate to any discussion of the EU-US Trade and Tech Council.
I would like all communication/exchanges related to all the working groups, as outlined in the Councils' working documents.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Scott
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your reply and precision, it is duly noted.
Kind regards,
DG GROW ATD Team
Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 01/12/2021
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, following your reply to the clarification
request of 09/12/2021, expires on 22/12/2021.
An extended time limit is needed as the documents requested originate from
different services and third parties which must be 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 21/01/2022.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 01/12/2021
under the above mentioned reference number.
The reply to your request was not finalised within the extended time limit
of 15 working days, which expired on 21/01/2022, and we are therefore not
in a position to complete the handling of your application within this
time limit. 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
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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