Communication with Indonesia
Dear Trade,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting all documents which contain the following information:
1) All incoming or outgoing correspondence (including e-mails and sms-messages) between Indonesian government officials and DG TRADE officials (including the Commissioner and his cabinet members), mentioning or concerning the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), in the period between 1 July 2025 and 23 September 2025.
2) A list of meetings, including detailed minutes and any other reports of such meetings, between DG TRADE officials and Indonesian companies, in the period between 1 July 2025 and 23 September 2025.
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 which could facilitate your research. My postal address hereby:
Hans Wetzels
Rue du Noyer 2-III
1030, Schaerbeek
Belgium
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
Follow the Money
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 26/03/2026 and registered on 27/03/2026 under the case number
2026/1754.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 22/04/2026. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Wetzels,
We refer to your email application for public access to documents of 26
March 2026, registered on 27 March 2026 under the EASE reference number
2026/1754.
Your application is currently being handled and the reply to it should be
finalised very soon.
However, we will not be in a position to complete the handling of your
application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 22
April 2026, i.e. today.
An extended time limit is needed as for the preparation of the reply
different Services need to be consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit by 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents.
The new time limit expires on 18 May 2026.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG TRADE Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Unit R2 – Single Entry Point for implementation, Outreach and
Transparency, SMEs
CHAR
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Dear Trade,
Yet another deadline has passed - do you have any news concerning this request?
Yours faithfully,
Hans Wetzels
Dear Mr Wetzels,
Many thanks for your email.
You can expect to receive the response to your application in the coming days, as it is in the final stage of the validation process.
Once again, please accept our apologies for the delay.
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Public Access to Documents team
Dear Mr Wetzels,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for public access
to European Commission documents registered under the above case number
EASE 2026/1754.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Public Access to Documents Team