Ref. Ares(2024)5925022 - 20/08/2024
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION
The Director-General
Brussels
RTD.H.1
DUFFY, Felix
E-mail: ask+request-14827-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Your application for public access to documents – EASE Ref No 2024/4246
Dear Mr Duffy,
We refer to your message dated 25 July 2024 in which you submitted an application for
access to documents within the framework of Regulation (EC) 1049/20011.
1. SCOPE OF YOUR REQUEST
You requested access to the following documents:
“
All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand
written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational
conclusions, lines to take, briefings and presentations—related to the meeting on 2020-07-
09 between Mariya Gabriel and Google”.
2. NO DOCUMENTS HELD
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43),
hereinafter referred to as ‘Regulation (EC) 1049/2001’.
European Commission, 1049 Brussels, BELGIUM – Tel. +32 22991111
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your application,
are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil your request.
3. MEANS OF REDRESS
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter. You can submit it in one of
the following ways:
by asking for a review via your portal2 account (available only for initial requests
submitted via the portal account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency,
Document
Management
&
Access
to
Documents
(SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
p.o.
Marc Lemaître
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https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
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Electronically signed on 19/08/2024 13:03 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
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