Meetings with Facebook
Dear Competition,
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:
- a list of lobby meetings held by DG Competition with Facebook or its intermediaries. The list should include: date, individuals attending + organisational affiliation, the issues discussed.
- minutes and other reports of these meetings;
- all correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between DG Competition (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and Facebook or any intermediaries representing its interests.
Yours faithfully,
Margarida da Silva
CEO
Rue d' Edimbourg 26
Bruxelles
Dear Ms da Silva,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 26 April
2018 under the above-mentioned reference number in which you requested “a
list of lobby meetings held by DG Competition with Facebook or its
intermediaries, minutes and other reports of these meetings, all
correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes)
between DG Competition (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and
Facebook or any intermediaries representing its interests.”
The handling of your request involves the localisation and assessment of
many documents originating from third parties and/or sent to/from various
recipients within the Commission. Your request is not limited with respect
to the subject matter or the timeframe that is of interest to you.
The localisation and analysis of these documents, together with the need
to consult these third parties concerned in accordance with Article 4(4)
and 4(5) of Regulation 1049/2001, cannot be expected to be completed
within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of Regulation
1049/2001.
Therefore, we would kindly ask you to provide us with more detailed
information on the documents which you seek to obtain and specify the
subject matter(s) and the timeframe covered (dates or periods during which
information is requested and documents would have been produced).
In order to enable us to respect the time-limits of Regulation 1049/2001,
we would ask you for a swift reply by email to:
[email address].
Best Regards,
COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear Competition,
Thank you for your reply. I am interested in documents from the 1st of November of 2014 onward.
As to the subject matter, I am not able to specify as the information on these meetings is not public.
Yours faithfully,
Margarida da Silva
Email sent on 22/05/2018
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Competition DG
Brussels, 22/05/2018
Acknowledgement of receipt
To the attention of : Mrs DA SILVA;
M.8228 - FACEBOOK / WHATSAPP (Art. 14.1 proc.)
Subject : GESTDEM 2018/2344 - DA SILVA - Answer to clarification request -
Your reference:
Madam,
The Directorate-General for Competition has received your correspondence
dated 18/05/2018 (Registration: 2018/046692), concerning the subject
referred to above. Due to your clarifications about your request the new
deadline is for 14/06/2018.
Regards,
COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
DG COMP Registry
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Dear Madam,
We refer to your application dated 25/04/2018 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on 26/04/2018 under the above
mentioned reference number.
Please find attached a scan of the reply to your request for access to
documents.
The paper version of the reply signed by the Director General will be sent
to you shortly by registered mail.
Yours faithfully,
Esther TERWINGEN
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European Commission
DG Competition
Antitrust: IT, Internet and Consumer Electronics
MADO 27/076
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 29 61274
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