Interactions with Microsoft
Dear Taxation and Customs Union,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents, note meetings which contain the following information:
For the period between November 2014 and March 2019:
- List of lobby meetings held with your DG, with Microsoft or its intermediaries. The list should include: date, individuals attending + organisational affiliation, the issues discussed,
- Minutes and other reports of these meetings
- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between your DG (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and Amazon or any intermediaries representing its interests.
- All documents prepared for the meetings and exchanged in the course of the meetings between both parties.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Dear Taxation and Customs Union,
I obviously meant:
- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between your DG (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and *Microsoft* or any intermediaries representing its interests.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
POLITICO
Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles
Dear Madam,
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of your email of 08/03/2019 registered on 12/03/2019 under the reference number GESTDEM 2019/1433.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a response to your request within 15 working days: 02/04/2019. If this deadline needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.
Best regards,
TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear Madam,
We refer to your request dated 8 March 2019 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 8 March 2019 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 29 March 2019.
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 24 April 2019. We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear Madam,
We refer to your request dated 8 March 2019 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 12 March 2019 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 2 April 2019.
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 April 2019. We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear Madam,
We refer to your request dated 8 March 2019 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 8 March 2019 under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled.
However, due to the numerous consultations we have to make and due to the time consuming efforts we have to do for the correct handling of the concerned documents, we will not be in a position to complete this by 24 April 2019.
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 May 2019. We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear Madam,
We refer to your request dated 8 March 2019 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 12 March 2019 under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled.
However, due to the numerous consultations we have to make and due to the time consuming efforts we have to do for the correct handling of the concerned documents, we will not be in a position to complete this by 26 April 2019.
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 27 May 2019. We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
TAXUD ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS