Minutes and reports of civil society dialogues and forums
Dear European Economic and Social Committee,
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:
Any minutes and reports of the civil society dialogues and/or forums of the trade agreement between the European Union of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part and of the association agreement between Central America and the European Union.
Yours faithfully,
Justine Muller
3, rue Valentin Jaume
13200 Arles
FRANCE
Dear Ms Muller,
Thank you for your e-mail and interest in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
The European Economic and Social Committee hereby acknowledges receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 02/06/2022 under reference ICD-AD-08/2022.
All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents and the relevant Decision of the European Economic and Social Committee No 2003/603/EC of 1 July 2003 on public access to European Economic and Social Committee documents
In accordance with the above-mentioned rules, your application will be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.
The European Economic and Social Committee reserves the right to ask for additional information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Economic and Social Committee's Decision.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website, which is a private website not officially related to the European Economic and Social Committee. Therefore, the European Economic and Social Committee cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear Ms Muller,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 02/06/2022
under reference n° ICD-AD-08/2022.
In response to your request, we would like to inform you that, further to
the documents already provided to you and notably on 11/02/2022 after your
previous request n° ICD-AD-02/2022, we have identified the following
documents that correspond to the description given in your application.
The joint declarations and reports are available on the EESC website:
[1]The EU-Central America Domestic Advisory Group | European Economic and
Social Committee (europa.eu)
[2]The EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador Domestic Advisory Group | European
Economic and Social Committee (europa.eu)
With this reply, the European Economic and Social Committee considers your
application as handled and the file closed.
Should you have any new requests for specific documents, please do not
hesitate to come back to us.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear Ms Muller,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 02/06/2022
under reference n° ICD-AD-08/2022.
In response to your request, we would like to inform you that, further to
the documents already provided to you and notably on 11/02/2022 after your
previous request n° ICD-AD-02/2022, we have identified the following
documents that correspond to the description given in your application.
The joint declarations and reports are available on the EESC website:
[1]The EU-Central America Domestic Advisory Group | European Economic and
Social Committee (europa.eu)
[2]The EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador Domestic Advisory Group | European
Economic and Social Committee (europa.eu)
With this reply, the European Economic and Social Committee considers your
application as handled and the file closed.
Should you have any new requests for specific documents, please do not
hesitate to come back to us.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear access2documents,
Many thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the joint declarations and reports of the DAGs are not the documents I am looking for. I am looking for reports or minutes of the civil society forums or dialogues.
Yours sincerely,
Justine Muller
Dear Ms Muller,
Thank you for your e-mail and interest in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
The European Economic and Social Committee hereby acknowledges receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered today under reference ICD-AD-09/2022.
All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents and the relevant Decision of the European Economic and Social Committee No 2003/603/EC of 1 July 2003 on public access to European Economic and Social Committee documents.
In accordance with the above-mentioned rules, your application will be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.
The European Economic and Social Committee reserves the right to ask for additional information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the European Economic and Social Committee's Decision.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website, which is a private website not officially related to the European Economic and Social Committee. Therefore, the latter cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear Ms Muller,
We refer to your request with regard to access to documents registered on 23 June 2022, ref. n°: ICD-AD-09/2022.
Your request is currently being handled. However, due to the complexity of the process, we will not be in a position to finalize the reply to your application within the given time limit.
We are therefore obliged to extend the deadline by a further 15 working days, in accordance with article 8 of Decision 2003/603/EC regarding public access to EESC documents.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear Ms Muller,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 23/06/2022
under reference n° ICD-AD-09/2022.
We identified the following documents, herewith enclosed, which correspond
to the description given in your application. The names of all persons
were made anonymous in order to safeguard their right to the protection of
personal data.
a) Foro Sociedad Civil, 26 June 2019
b) EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador FTA - Civil Society Forum, 23 October 2019
c) Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Colombia, Ecuador
and Peru - Notes from the Trade and Sustainable Development Subcommittee
Civil Society Forum, 13 November 2020
d) EU – Central-America Trade Agreement - Sixth Public Session of the
Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-committee: Dialogue with Civil
Society, 24 November 2020
e) Seventh Public Session of the Trade and Sustainable Development Board:
Civil Society Dialogue Forum - EU – Central America Association Agreement,
4 June 2021
f) Eighth Public Session of the Trade and Sustainable Development
Sub-committee under the EU-Colombia/Ecuador/Peru Trade Agreement: Dialogue
with Civil Society, 30 November 2021
g) Eighth Public Session of the Trade and Sustainable Development Board:
Civil Society Dialogue Forum Notes, 3 June 2022
These documents were drawn up for internal purpose. they solely reflect
the author's interpretation, the consultant D.M.I., of the interventions
made and do not set out any official position of the third parties to
which the documents may refer, which were not consulted on the content.
They do not reflect the position of the European Economic and Social
Committee nor of the European Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
The disclosure is intended without prejudice to the rules on intellectual
property, which may limit the applicant's right to reproduce or exploit
the released documents without the agreement of the originator, who may
hold an intellectual property right on them. Please note that the European
Economic and Social Committee and the European Commission do not take
responsibility for any consequences of re-use.
With this reply, the European Economic and Social Committee considers your
application as handled and the file closed.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Centre and Document Management Sector
Dear access2documents,
Many thanks for your help and for sharing the documents.
Yours sincerely,
Justine Muller