
Ref. Ares(2023)5948996 - 01/09/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMES
The Director-General
Brussels
GROW.B.1
Ms Marie Milet
1 Long Lane
London SE1 4PG
United-Kingdom
By email: ask+request-13403-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref. EASE 2023/4896
Dear Ms Milet,
We refer to your e-mail of 18/08/2023 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on the same day under the above-mentioned reference number.
Your request access to:
“All documentation, including but not limited to attendance lists, agendas, background
papers, minutes/notes and email correspondence about or summarising, the following:
1. Meeting titled "Overview of chemicals industry situation, transition pathway for
chemicals industry, REACH revision" between ExxonMobil Representatives and Thierry
Breton, Commissioner and Joan Canton, Cabinet member of Thierry Breton on
26/06/2023.
2. Meeting titled "Critical Raw Materials package" between ExxonMobil representatives
and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President on 16/02/2023.”
Please note that due to the wide scope of your request, covering also areas falling under
the responsibility of other Directorates-General, parts of your request have been attributed
to other Directorates-General1. This reply relates only to the documents held by the
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG
GROW). You received /will receive the replies from the other respective services in due
course.
We regret to inform you that DG GROW does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
1 The Secretariat-General for point 2 of your request registered under EASE 2023/4896.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

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.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your application,
are held by DG GROW, DG GROW 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 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 portal (2) 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 Bruxelles
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Electronically signed
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General
(2)
https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
2
Electronically signed on 31/08/2023 18:19 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121