Dear Madam,

Thank you for your e-mail of 15 December 2021. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 15 December 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/8113.

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 14
January 2022. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[1]Privacy statement – access to documents.

Yours sincerely,

Access to Documents Team

European Commission

Directorate General for Trade

Unit R3 – Transparency, Civil Society and Communications

[2][DG TRADE request email]

CHAR
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References

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Dear Madam,

We refer to your e-mail of  15 December 2021 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on 15 December 2021 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.

In your request, you asked for the following:

(i)                  a list of meetings of DG Trade officials and/or
representatives (including the Commissioner and his Cabinet) and
representatives of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Medicines San
Frontiers (MSF) and the EFPIA (including Vaccines Europe) since June 1,
2021.

(ii)                 minutes and other reports of these meetings;

(iii)               all correspondence (including emails) between DG Trade
officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and Cabinet)
and representatives of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Medicines San
Frontiers (MSF) and the EFPIA (including Vaccines Europe) regarding the
proposed TRIPs waiver since June 1, 2021.

In the third paragraph of your request you refer to the ‘proposed TRIPS
waiver’. Can we assume that the first two paragraphs of your request
equally refer and limit the request to the TRIPS waiver, i.e. are to be
read as ‘ (i) a list of meetings (…) regarding the proposed TRIPS waiver’
and ‘(ii) minutes and other reports of these meetings regarding the
proposed TRIPS waiver’ ?

We therefore invite you, in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with
more detailed information on the documents you request. Please note that
we haven’t received an answer to this request within 5 working days (i.e.
03 January 2022 COB, in line with the closing of the European Commission
between the holidays), we will not be able to further process your request
and will close the file.

If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application, you
can contact us by email to: [1][DG TRADE request email]

In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 2 of the Detailed rules
for the application of  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 [2]^[1], the deadline
of 15 working days for handling your application will start running when
we receive the requested clarifications.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Access to Documents Team

European Commission

Directorate General for Trade

Unit R3 – Transparency, Civil Society and Communications

[3][DG TRADE request email]

CHAR
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

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[6][1]             Official Journal L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 94.

References

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Dear Madam,

We refer to your e-mail of  15 December 2021 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on 15 December 2021 under the above
mentioned reference number.

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 on 14 January 2022.

An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
held by different Services, which must be consulted.

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 04 February
2022.

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours sincerely,

Access to Documents Team

European Commission

Directorate General for Trade

Unit R3 – Transparency, Civil Society and Communications

[1][DG TRADE request email]

CHAR
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

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References

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3. https://futureu.europa.eu/

Dear applicant,

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents, registered under reference GestDem 2021/8113

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,

DG Trade