Lobby meetings EU-UK trade deal
Dear Madams & Sirs,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting a list of all lobby meetings held by DG Trade since 1 January 2019, in which the future EU-UK trade deal has been discussed. The list should include: date, Commission attendees, the name of the organisation(s) attending, and a more precise topic if that exists.
I would appreciate if you could take the Commission’s code of good administrative behaviour into account when dealing with this request.
Yours faithfully,
Pia Eberhardt
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Dear Ms Eberhardt,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 19 February 2020. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
today under the above mentioned reference 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 20 March
2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed
in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website is
responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data via
that website. We understand that the third party running that website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
European Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that
you may have communicated to the European Commission. If you do not wish
your correspondence with the European Commission to be published on the
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e-mail address for further correspondence. In that case, the European
Commission will send all future electronic correspondence addressed to you
only to that private address.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
Dear Ms Eberhardt,
We refer to your Access to Documents request dated 19 February 2020 and
registered on the same day under GestDem reference number 2020/1016.
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 today.
An extended time limit is needed as your application requires an extensive
search for documents.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with another 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 2 April 2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Access to documents Team
DG Trade
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From: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 5:09 PM
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Cc: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG TRADE request email]>
Subject: GestDem 2020/1016 - Lobby meetings EU-UK trade deal
Dear Ms Eberhardt,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 19 February 2020. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
today under the above mentioned reference 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 20 March
2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed
in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website is
responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data via
that website. We understand that the third party running that website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
European Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that
you may have communicated to the European Commission. If you do not wish
your correspondence with the European Commission to be published on the
AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an alternative, private
e-mail address for further correspondence. In that case, the European
Commission will send all future electronic correspondence addressed to you
only to that private address.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
Dear applicant,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents, registered under reference GestDem 2020/1016.
According to our standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [DG TRADE request email].
Best regards,
TRADE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Ms Eberhardt,
We sent you a reply to your Access To Documents request with reference
GestDem 2020/1016 jointly with request to send the confirmation of its
receipt last Friday 27 March 2020.
According to our standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also
sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we were unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure.
As a result, we would appreciate if you could kindly confirm receipt of
it by replying to [DG TRADE request email] .
Best regards
Access to Documents Team
DG Trade