Communication Björn Seibert on EUDR
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting all documents and correspondence which contain the following information:
1) All notes, detailed minutes (also hand written), verbatim reports or transcripts, of all meetings at which Björn Seibert was present, where the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was discussed, between 13 September 2022 and 3 December 2024.
2) All of Björn Seibert's communication and correspondence (including e-mails, Whatsapp and sms-messages) in which the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was mentioned between 13 September 2022 and 3 December 2024.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
Do not hesitate to get back to me should you need any further information . My postal address hereby:
Hans Wetzels
Rue du Noyer 2-III
1030, Schaerbeek
Belgium
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 01/07/2025 and registered on 02/07/2025 under the case number
2025/3413.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 23/07/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Since the extended deadline for this request has also come and passed: do you have any news when I can expect the requested documents?
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
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Dear Mr Wetzels,
Thank you for your e-mail below which was forwarded to DG Environment. Our sincere apologises that we have missed the deadline to reply to your access to documents request 2025/3413. We are doing our best to reply to you as soon as possible.
Best regards,
Unit ENV.F.1
Dear [email address],
Since the extended deadline for this request has also come and passed: do you have any news when I can expect the requested documents?
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
Dear [email address],
As the extended deadline for this request has also come and passed and I have not yet received a reply: do you have any indication when I can expect the requested documents?
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
May I inquiry why this request takes such an unacceptable long time, and why I have received no response at all concerning this?
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
Dear Mr Wetzels,
Please accept our apologies that we have not been able yet to send you a reply. We are still consulting and we will reply to you as soon as possible.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Yours sincerely,
Unit ENV.F.1
Dear [email address],
Thanks, and again, this is more than 10 days ago.
May I ask what you mean by 'consulting' in this regard? I am on my side considering other steps/complaints.
Yours sincerely,
Hans Wetzels