Services by Baker & McKenzie

La demande est partiellement réussie.

Mathias Schindler

Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,

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:

* information (including memos, letters, drafts, protocols, databases, emails) with employees, representatives and contractors by or associated with Baker & McKenzie and its subsidiaries.

* information (including memos, letters, drafts, protocols, databases, emails) about any contractual relation with Baker & McKenzie and its subsidiaries.

* information (including memos, letters, drafts, protocols, databases, emails) about third party services hired, contracted or consulted (with our without financial compensation) in relation with the drafting of legislative or nonlegislative files with employees, representatives and contractors by or associated with Baker & McKenzie and its subsidiaries.

Yours faithfully,

Mathias Schindler

Marché intérieur, Industrie, Entrepreneuriat et PME

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Dear Mr Schindler,
 
We refer to your e-mail dated 05/04/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 05/04/2016 under the above mentioned
reference number.
 
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request.
 
We therefore invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with more
detailed information on the documents which you seek to obtain, such as
periods during which the documents would have been produced and the
topic/s that these documents concern.
 
If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application,
please contact us.
 
The 15 working days the time limit for handling your application will
start running when we receive the requested clarifications.
 
Please also confirm whether your postal address is still the following:
Bundestagsbüro Julia Reda, MdEP
Unter den Linden 50
11011 Berlin
Germany
 
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
 
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.
 
Yours faithfully,
The Access to documents Team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit A5

 
 
 
 

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Mathias Schindler

Dear Access to documents Team,

thank you for your email.

"The description given in your application does not enable us to identify concrete documents which would correspond to your request."

Baker & McKenzie is the name of a company providing legal services. The information I am looking for is described in my initial request sufficiently. Specific documents I am looking for include correspondence betweeten the Commission and Baker & McKenzie representatives and correspondence from or to Baker & McKenzie that the Commission holds. The period should encompass the ongoing legislative term. If information belongs to conversations that started before that time, it should be included.

This information can also include documents (in a broader sense) stemming from legal services given to the Commission, such as legal advise, lobbying, help in legislative work, studies for legal issues and so on.

I can happily confirm that the postal address remains the same. Please be advised that since we are successfully communicating using online tools, feel free to stop sending paper to this address after you emailed it to me. Money not spent on postage can be donated instead to charity.

Yours faithfully,

Mathias Schindler

Marché intérieur, Industrie, Entrepreneuriat et PME

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Dear Mr Schindler,
 
Thanks for your reply.
 
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 05/04/2016 under reference number GestDem
2016/1708.
 
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
26/04/2016. 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 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.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
 
The access to documents team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit A5

 

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Dear Mr Schindler,
 
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 05/04/2016
under the above mentioned reference number.
 
Your application is currently being handled. However, due to the wide
scope of your request and the number of Units to be consulted, 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 (26/04/2016).
 
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 23/05/2016.
 
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
The access to documents team
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit A5

 
 
 
 
 
 
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From: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:04 PM
To: 'Mathias Schindler'
Cc: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: Acknowledgement of receipt: Freedom of Information request -
Services by Baker & McKenzie - SCHINDLER - GESTDEM 2016/1708
 
 
Dear Mr Schindler,
 
Thanks for your reply.
 
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 05/04/2016 under reference number GestDem
2016/1708.
 
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
26/04/2016. 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 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.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
 
The access to documents team
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European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit A5

 

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Dear Mr Schindler,

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents referenced above.

Kind regards,

Unit A.5 Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management
DG GROWTH - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs - European Commission
BREY 07/37
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

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EC ARES NOREPLY, Marché intérieur, Industrie, Entrepreneuriat et PME

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Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2016)2417933 concernant "G3 reply to Access request - Services by Baker & McKenzie - SCHINDLER - GESTDEM 2016/1708" envoyé par M/Mme ve_grow.access documents le 25/05/2016.

Please find attached document Ares(2016)2417933 regarding "G3 reply to Access request - Services by Baker & McKenzie - SCHINDLER - GESTDEM 2016/1708" sent by Mr/Ms ve_grow.access documents on 25/05/2016.

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Note: This e-mail was automatically generated by the European Commission's central mail registration system.
Replies by e-mail must be addressed to the original sender MICIETOVA Marta (GROW.DDG2.G.3) (mailto:[email address]).
Remarque : Cet e-mail a été généré automatiquement par le système d'enregistrement central du courrier de la Commission européenne.
Toute réponse éventuelle par e-mail doit être adressée à l'expéditeur en personne, à savoir MICIETOVA Marta (GROW.DDG2.G.3) (mailto:[email address]).

Mathias Schindler

Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Dear Alvydas STANCIKAS,

thank you for your email(s).

Given the unusual non-response from DG Grow, I am invoking the option for a confirmatory application.

The review should especially include the possibility of an overly broad interpretation of Regulation 1049/2001 provisions to exclude documents from the request that should have been included, also from DG Grow.

Yours faithfully,

Mathias Schindler

Marché intérieur, Industrie, Entrepreneuriat et PME

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Dear Mr Schindler,
 
We understand that you would like to lodge a confirmatory application on
the basis of failure of the Commission to reply to your initial
application.
 
DG GROW informed us that an initial reply was sent to you on 23/05/2016
and an additional reply was sent to you this morning. They are both
reported on asktheeu.org website at the following link:
[1]http://www.asktheeu.org/fr/request/servi...
 
In the light of the above, we will not register your confirmatory
application.
 
However, upon receipt of the initial reply, if you wish to submit a
confirmatory request in accordance with Article 7 of the Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents, you remain free to do so.
 
Best regards,
 
BLURIOT-PUEBLA Madeleine
Cellule 'Accès aux documents'
 
European Commission
SG/B/4 - Transparence

BERL 05/315
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 296 09 97
[2][email address]
 
 

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Mathias Schindler

Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Dear Madeleine BLURIOT-PUEBLA,

I am aware of two two emails you mentioned, this is exactly why I asked for a confirmatory application.

Yours faithfully,

Mathias Schindler

Marché intérieur, Industrie, Entrepreneuriat et PME

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your email dated 27/05/2016.

 

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents, which was registered on 30/05/2016 under reference number
GestDem 2016/1708 – Ares(2016)2493547

 

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 20/06/2016. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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European Commission
Secretariat General

Unit B4 - Transparency

 

 

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Dear Mr Schindler,

 

Please find attached a note for your attention regarding your confirmatory
application GestDem 2016/1708.

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS (NL)

[1]cid:image002.jpg@01CFC082.A6D14DD0
European Commission
Secretariat General
B4 – Transparency

 

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Dear Mr Schindler,

 

Please find attached a note for your attention regarding your confirmatory
application GestDem 2016/1708.

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS (NL)

[1]cid:image002.jpg@01CFC082.A6D14DD0
European Commission
Secretariat General
B4 – Transparency

 

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Dear Mr Schindler,

 

Please find attached an advance information copy of the confirmatory
decision taken on your request for access to documents registered under
Gestdem number 2016/1708, adopted on 28/07/2016 in the above-mentioned
case.

 

Please note that the Secretariat General of the European Commission will
proceed with the formal notification of the decision in the coming days.

 

This advance copy is solely sent for your information and is not the
formal notification of the confirmatory decision.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Carlos Remis
SG.B.4
Transparence
Berl. 05/315