Meeting between Ylva Johansson and Charlotte Caubel
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents, briefings, minutes and any other relevant documentation about the meeting held on September 27, 2022 between EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson and France's Charlotte Caubel.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are writing to you concerning your request for access to documents sent
on 29/09/2022 and registered on 03/10/2022 under case number 2022/5604.
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Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Secretariat-General,
Here's my postal address (or rather, my employer's, POLITICO): Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgique
Yours sincerely,
Laura Kayali
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Here's my postal address (or rather, my employer's, POLITICO): Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgique
Yours sincerely,
Laura Kayali
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
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aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
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der Kommission behandelt.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 29/09/2022 and registered on 03/10/2022 under the case number
2022/5604.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 24/10/2022. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2022/5604.
Kind regards,
Dear Ms. Pariat,
Thank you for getting back to me on such a timely matter and for providing documents.
I fully agree with your analysis that the personal data of the people involved in the meetings should not be disclosed and I do not wish to know their names.
However, I respectfully disagree with your assessment regarding the protection of the ongoing decision-making process and would please ask the European Commission to disclose the briefing (document 2) without the redacted parts. The position of member states on legislation that will affect 450 million people is of utter public interest, especially when said legislation has proven controversial and is meeting opposition from digital rights NGOs and MEPs (see here https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commi... Furthermore, the position of another member state, ie Germany, is very much public (see here https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-...) which has not jeopardized the ongoing decision-making process — on the contrary, it's part of democracy.
The court of justice of the EU itself does not seem to think that what are designed to be closed-door meetings should remain under closed doors (see here https://www.euractiv.fr/section/justice-...). The context is different but the philosophy behind the decision is the same.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Laura Kayali
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Meeting between Ylva Johansson and Charlotte Caubel'.
Thank you for getting back to me on such a timely matter and for providing documents.
I fully agree with your analysis that the personal data of the people involved in the meetings should not be disclosed and I do not wish to know their names.
However, I respectfully disagree with your assessment regarding the protection of the ongoing decision-making process and would please ask the European Commission to disclose the briefing (document 2) without the redacted parts. The position of member states on legislation that will affect 450 million people is of utter public interest, especially when said legislation has proven controversial and is meeting opposition from digital rights NGOs and MEPs (see here https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commi... Furthermore, the position of another member state, ie Germany, is very much public (see here https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-...) which has not jeopardized the ongoing decision-making process — on the contrary, it's part of democracy.
The court of justice of the EU itself does not seem to think that what are designed to be closed-door meetings should remain under closed doors (see here https://www.euractiv.fr/section/justice-...). The context is different but the philosophy behind the decision is the same.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Laura Kayali
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2022/5604, sent on 25/10/2022 and registered on 26/10/2022.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 18/11/2022. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Ms Kayali,
We refer to your email of 25 October 2022, registered on 26 October 2022
under the reference number above, by which you submit a confirmatory
application in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001").
Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out
a full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore,
we are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expires on 18 November 2022. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No1049/2001. The new deadline expires on 9
December 2022. However, we can assure you that we are doing our utmost to
provide you with a final reply within the next 15 working days.
We regret this additional delay and apologise for any inconvenience this
may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Thanks for letting me know.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Kayali
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Ms Kayali,
We refer to your email of 25 October 2022, registered on 26 October 2022
under the reference number above, by which you submit a confirmatory
application in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001").
We also refer to our holding reply of 17 November 2022, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
This extended time limit expires on 9 December 2022.
We regret to have to inform you that we are not able to respond within the
extended time limit, as we have not yet finalised internal consultations.
We can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final
reply as soon as possible.
We regret this additional delay and apologise for any inconvenience this
may cause.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
Dear Ms Laura Kayali,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2023)
5173 as adopted by the European Commission on 25.7.2023.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA
Secrétariat général de la Commission
SG B2 - Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation
BERL 05/P071' +32-2-299.59.48
Dear Ms / Dear Mr,
It is very important for us.
Please, could you please acknowledge the receipt of the document enclosed
in the message addressed to you ?
MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA
Secrétariat général de la Commission
SG B2 - Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation
BERL 05/P071' +32-2-299.59.48
From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 7:57 PM
To: '[FOI #11893 email]'
<[FOI #11893 email]>
Cc: GRIGORAS Eduard (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2023) 5173 addressed to Laura Kayali - Politico
Dear Ms Laura Kayali,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2023)
5173 as adopted by the European Commission on 25.7.2023.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA
Secrétariat général de la Commission
SG B2 - Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation
BERL 05/P071' +32-2-299.59.48