Ban on inducements
Dear Madam, Sir.
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:
- Letter from Commissioner Mairead McGuinness to MEP Markus Ferber, sent on or around December 2022, and any reply from MEP Ferber to that letter
- Letter from minister Christian Lindner to Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, dated 28 December 2022, and any reply to Lindner
- All internal Commission documents, including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, e-mails, letters, and presentations, about a possible ban on inducements, in the period 1 January 2023 until 23 May 2023.
Only digital copies are required, please consider the environment by not sending me any physical mail.
I am of course available to clarify my request further if needed.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 12/02/2025 and registered on 12/02/2025 under the case number
2025/0768.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 05/03/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 12/02/2025 under case number 2025/0768.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 05/03/2025.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 26/03/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
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Dear Madam, Sir,
I refer to request my access to Commission documents registered on 12/02/2025 under case number 2025/0768.
The extended time limit to reply has expired yesterday.
Please reply without any further delay.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We are contacting you regarding your request for access to documents
registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
We apologize for the delay in responding to your request. We have
identified several exchanges that fall within the scope of your third
request point: all internal Commission documents related to a possible ban
on inducements, including but not limited to minutes, notes (handwritten),
audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to
take, briefings, emails, letters, and presentations, covering the period
from January 1, 2023, to May 23, 2023.
In response, we have prepared a fair solution proposal along with a list
of the identified documents. However, we still need to review this list.
We will be able to send it to you early next week.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing regarding my request for access to documents registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
On 27 March, you have informed me that you had "prepared a fair solution proposal along with a list
of the identified documents", that you would send me "early next week". However, at the moment it is almost 3PM on Friday: the week is almost over and I still have not received this proposal and list of documents.
Hoping for a quick reply,
Peter Teffer
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing regarding my request for access to documents registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
On 27 March, you have informed me that you had "prepared a fair solution proposal along with a list
of the identified documents", that you would send me "early next week".
By now, we are in the middle of the week that followed that next week. I still have not received this proposal and list of documents.
Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
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Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing regarding my request for access to documents registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
On 27 March, you have informed me that you had "prepared a fair solution proposal along with a list of the identified documents", that you would send me "early next week".
It is now 15 April 2025, and I still have not received anything.
I am starting to believe that the European Commission is purposefully delaying the handling his request. If you wish to convince me otherwise, please respond without any more delay.
Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
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Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
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Dear Mr Teffer,
We are contacting you regarding your request for access to documents
registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
We again sincerely apologize for the delay in responding to your request.
We are still working on the identification of the documents falling under
the scope of your request which need to be collected from various sources
within the Commission. This is a legal prerequisite for any further
action.
We are doing our best to come back to you as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing regarding my request for access to documents registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
On 27 March, you have informed me that you had "prepared a fair solution proposal along with a list of the identified documents", and that you only had to "review this list", which you would send me "early next week".
On 16 April you "sincerely" apologized for the delay, but gave no new indication of when I could expect even the fair solution proposal, let alone the documents themselves. Instead, you now said that you were "still working on the identification of the documents falling under the scope of your request" - even though you had said three weeks prior that you already had "a list of the identified documents", which merely needed to be reviewed.
It is now 2 May 2025, and I still have not received anything.
Had I immediately filed a confirmatory application on 27 March, the initial deadline for the secretariat-general would have already expired by now, and the (inevitable) extended deadline would have been less than two weeks away.
DG FISMA has effectively put me in a conundrum: continue to wait (based on nothing more than a - honestly hard-to-believe - claim that it is "doing [its] best to come back to you as soon as possible"), or file a confirmatory application now, guaranteeing that I will have to wait another 30 working days.
I have learned the hard way what I should do the next time, but I want to express my extreme dissatisfaction with your handling of my request - and convey that you are very effectively eroding any remaining trust I may have in the Commission's committment to transparency.
Sincerely, and happy World Press Freedom Day tomorrow.
Peter Teffer
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing regarding my request for access to documents registered under reference number EASE 2025/0768.
Do you ever plan on answering my request?
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Sir,
Please kindly note that your initial request for access to documents,
registered under reference 2025/0770 is a duplicate of reference
2025/0768.
Therefore, reference 2025/0770 has been closed in our database and you
will receive a reply to your request 2025/0768.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - SG.C.1
Dear Madam, Sir,
With all due respect, but what in the name of Jean Monnet are you talking about?
I have never had any knowledge of a registration under reference 2025/0770, or that it was a duplicate of reference 2025/0768. I do not need to be informed that you registered my request twice. I only need to be informed of finally receiving a reply.
Please, in the spirit of Jean Monnet who advocated the European institutions have the “transparency of a glass house”, reply to my request without any more delay or promises you do not keep.
Peter Teffer
Dear Mr Teffer,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/0768.
Kind regards,
FISMA B3 Secretariat
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing in relation to your fair solution proposal related to my request registered under number 2025/0768.
There seems to have been a technical problem with the creation of the list of documents. Multiple layers of text are on top of each other, making it impossible to properly read them. Could you provide the list of documents as a spreadsheet, or any other alternative format that allows me to actually read them?
I would also like to take this opportunity to express my deep dissatisfaction with the handling of my reuqest. The Commission promised on 27 March to send a fair solution proposal with a list of documents" by "early next week". It is now more than two months later - but the Commission has the nerve to demand that I reply within 5 working days. I am afraid your short apology and poor excuse for the delay are not enough to take away my frustration.
Please respond to my request for a readible list of documents without delay.
Peter Teffer
Dear Mr Teffer,
Please find enclosed the "restored" version.
Kind regards,
FISMA B3 Secretariat
Dear Madam, Sir,
I am writing in relation to your fair solution proposal related to my request registered under number 2025/0768.
There seems to have been a technical problem with the creation of the list of documents. Multiple layers of text are on top of each other, making it impossible to properly read them. Could you provide the list of documents as a spreadsheet, or any other alternative format that allows me to actually read them?
I would also like to take this opportunity to express my deep dissatisfaction with the handling of my reuqest. The Commission promised on 27 March to send a fair solution proposal with a list of documents" by "early next week". It is now more than two months later - but the Commission has the nerve to demand that I reply within 5 working days. I am afraid your short apology and poor excuse for the delay are not enough to take away my frustration.
Please respond to my request for a readible list of documents without delay.
Peter Teffer
Dear Madam, Sir,
As requested, I have selected the following ten documents:
CAB MCGUINNESS (2020)/984 Meeting with the Financial team of the NL Permanent Representation HOC Reilly 09/02/2023 15:00
CAB MCGUINNESS (2020)/966 Informal meeting with Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg HOC Reilly 06/02/2023 19:00
CAB MCGUINNESS (2020)/1081 Call between EIOPA Chair and Commissioner McGuinness on RIS Commissioner MCGUINNESS 26/04/2023 16:00
CAB REYNDERS (2019)/1752 Assuralia - Retail Investment Strategy DHoC Isabelle PERIGNON 19/04/2023 15:00
FISMA/3036 Briefing request for DDG's participation at the EBIC/EACB plenary meeting DDG Alexandra JOUR SCHROEDER 18/01/2023 15:30
FISMA/3043 Mtg with Fidelity International DG John Berrigan 26/01/2023 17:00
FISMA/16160 20/04/2023 15:00 MEETING MINUTES on Inducement ban Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises
FISMA/15740 09/03/2023 15:30 MEETING MINUTES on retail investment strategy and sustainable finance EU legislations. AMUNDI AM
Ares(2025)4234899 Overview of the strategy DRZEWOSKA Agnieszka
Ares(2023)716328 MINUTES MEETING between Societé Générale and Cabinet McGuinness - 20/01/23 DENIS Florian
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Mr Teffer,
Unless we are mistaken, we have not yet received a response from you.
Kind regards,
FISMA B3 Secretariat
Dear Madam, Sir,
You are mistaken. Already on 4 June 2025, I have selected the following ten documents:
CAB MCGUINNESS (2020)/984 Meeting with the Financial team of the NL Permanent Representation HOC Reilly 09/02/2023 15:00
CAB MCGUINNESS (2020)/966 Informal meeting with Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg HOC Reilly 06/02/2023 19:00
CAB MCGUINNESS (2020)/1081 Call between EIOPA Chair and Commissioner McGuinness on RIS Commissioner MCGUINNESS 26/04/2023 16:00
CAB REYNDERS (2019)/1752 Assuralia - Retail Investment Strategy DHoC Isabelle PERIGNON 19/04/2023 15:00
FISMA/3036 Briefing request for DDG's participation at the EBIC/EACB plenary meeting DDG Alexandra JOUR SCHROEDER 18/01/2023 15:30
FISMA/3043 Mtg with Fidelity International DG John Berrigan 26/01/2023 17:00
FISMA/16160 20/04/2023 15:00 MEETING MINUTES on Inducement ban Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises
FISMA/15740 09/03/2023 15:30 MEETING MINUTES on retail investment strategy and sustainable finance EU legislations. AMUNDI AM
Ares(2025)4234899 Overview of the strategy DRZEWOSKA Agnieszka
Ares(2023)716328 MINUTES MEETING between Societé Générale and Cabinet McGuinness - 20/01/23 DENIS Florian
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Madam, Sir,
I refer to my access to documents requested registered on 12 February 2025 under case number 2025/0768 - 95 working days ago.
I have informed the Commission of a selection of ten documents, as part of a fair solution, on 13 June 2025. This is now already 11 working days ago.
I had assumed that a fair solution would speed up the process. Instead, we are now approaching the 100 working days "anniversary" of my request.
This message is to urge you to respond to my request without any more delay.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Mr Teffer,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/0768. We
apologise for the delay in replying to your request.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
Dear Madam, Sir,
I acknowledge receipt of the reply to access request number 2025/0768, 122 working days after it had been registered. Please acknowledge my extreme disappointment with the handling of this file.
Meanwhile, I reserve the right to file a confirmatory application.
Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
Dear Madam, Sir,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing a confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request registered under case number 2025/0768.
The Commission has denied access to document 9 with reference to Article 4(3), first subparagraph (institution's decision-making process) and Article 4 (1) (a) 4 indent (financial, monetary or economic policy of the Community or a Member State) of Regulation 1049/2001.
However, it has not distinguished between these two articles in the two paragraphs in which the Commission argues that they apply. This makes it difficult for the applicant to understand which argument refers to which article from the Regulation.
That said, let me break down the arguments given.
* "The release of this document carries a significant risk of misleading both the public and the industries regarding the path forward. It will also open the door to speculations."
The Commission does not explain why this risk exists, what type of speculations and how one of the Commission's own documents could lead to a misleading of the public and industries.
It seems the Commission is using an old argument that has already been refuted by the Court.
In De Capitani v Parliament, T-540/15 the Court of Justice stated "the preliminary nature" of information in documents "does not per se justify the application of the exception provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation No 1049/2001, since that provision does not draw a distinction according to the state of progress of the discussions".
Documents containing proposals or possible legislative initiatives, like document 9, are "by [their] nature, intended to be discussed and is not liable to remain unchanged following such discussion", the Court said. It continued: "Public opinion is perfectly capable of understanding that the author of a proposal is likely to amend its content subsequently".
The same can be said for a document that "contains an overview of strategy relating to a potential ban on inducements [..] prepared by FISMA staff for discussion with FISMA senior management". The public will be perfectly capable of understanding that a document with an overview of a strategy does not mean the contents described in them will be the definite way forward. Both the general public, and myself as an experienced journalist "will be fully aware of the preliminary character" of the information in document 9.
* "In particular, disclosing the document could adversely impact the market environment and undermine public confidence in the EU’s management of its financial policies."
It seems that this statement was included to refer to the exception on financial, monetary or economic policy of the Community or a Member State.
It is another hypothetical and non-substantial argument from the Commission's playbook, which has again and again been refuted - not least by the Commission's own secretariat-general in confirmatory applications. Just because documents contain information about the EU's economy or finance, does not mean that making that information public automatically would undermine the protection of the financial, monetary or economic policy of the Community or a Member State.
* "Moreover, since a final decision on the potential ban on inducements has yet to be made, disclosing this document would severely compromise the institution's decision-making process. Transparency must be balanced against the potential harm that such disclosure could cause to the public interest. Without the ability to freely exchange views and explore potential proposals internally, we effectively undermine the staff’s capacity to fulfil their functions."
The Commission arguing that the fact that "a final decision on the potential ban on inducements has yet to be made" plays a role, should be dismissed. A final decision has been made, when the Commission published a proposal that did not include a full ban on inducements. The decision-making process to which these documents relate, has ended. The Commission has adopted a legislative proposal, ending its internal decision-making process leading up to the publication of that proposal.
Otherwise, the Commission could always argue that any potential idea that has not been implemented in law, should remain secret ad infinitum.
As for the ability for staff to "freely exchange views", I refer again to the Court's explanation that in a democracy, public opinion is able to distinguish between views from staff and potential proposals, and the final outcome of a legislative process. The Commission's internal decision-making process will not be harmed by a little bit more transparency.
There is a strong public overriding interest for this document to be made public. On one hand, the Commission has published multiple reasons why a full ban on inducement would be beneficial to consumers. On the other hand, the Commission has still decided not to propose such a ban. In a democracy, the public has a right to understand the internal views that led to this decision.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2025/0768, sent on 18/08/2025 and registered on 18/08/2025.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 08/09/2025. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Hello,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2025/0768 registered on 18/08/2025.
We are currently working on your confirmatory request. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within
the prescribed time limit expiring on 8/09/2025.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 29/09/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.A.2 Access to Documents Team
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Dear Madam, Sir
I refer to my confirmatory request for access to Commission documents for case 2025/0768 registered on 18/08/2025.
The extended time limit has expired on 29/09/2025, but I still have not received the reply.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear TEFFER, Peter,
Please find attached the electronic version of European Commission
Decision C(2025) 8656 as adopted by the European Commission on 05/12/2025
concerning the request 2025/0768.
In accordance with the Terms and Conditions of this portal, please note
that this decision is being formally notified pursuant to article 297 TFEU
through this electronic platform only.
Yours sincerely,
Peter left an annotation ()
Submitted complaint to the European Ombudsman on 31 October 2025