Ref. Ares(2022)2985310 - 12/04/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT
The Director-General
Brussels
MOVE.DDG1.B.4/KH
move.ddg1.b.4(2022)2970639
Mr. Barnaby Pace
Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53
1000 Bruxelles
BELGIUM
Sent by email with
acknowledgement of receipt to:
ask+request-10883-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Pace,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/1715
We refer to your e-mail of 23 March 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on the same date under the above-mentioned reference number.
In particular, you request access to: “
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 March 16 between Filip Alexandru Negreanu
Arboreanu and ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical”.
We consider your request to cover documents held up to the date of your initial application,
i.e. 23 March 2022.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application. The reason for this is that there were
no documents exchanged prior or during this meeting.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents1 (hereinafter ‘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).
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, this Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
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 within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
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
The COVID-19 outbreak undoubtedly has an impact on the process of handling access to
documents requests under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Given large-scale teleworking of
the Commission services, all replies, which should normally be sent via registered post,
currently are sent only by e-mail. In this regard, we kindly ask you to confirm receipt of this
email.
Yours Sincerely,
Henrik HOLOLEI
Director-General
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Electronically signed on 12/04/2022 14:55 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121