Communications between Nordea Bank and officials or departments within the European Commission
Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,
Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, I hereby request access to all documents (including, but not limited to, emails, letters, meeting minutes, presentations, and memos) detailing communications between Nordea Bank Abp (or any of its subsidiaries or representatives) and officials or departments within the European Commission, specifically DG FISMA, concerning topics related to EU sustainable finance policy.
This request covers communications from July 2023 to the present date.
Please provide documents related to Nordea's engagement on the following specific topics:
The EU Taxonomy Regulation: Discussions, feedback, or positions related to the implementation, interpretation, or potential future developments of the EU Taxonomy, including its delegated acts concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the Complementary Climate Delegated Act.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): Communications concerning Nordea's views, challenges, or input on the implementation of the CSRD, the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), or their implications for the financial sector.
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR): Exchange of views, questions, or clarifications regarding the application, interpretation, or potential revisions of the SFDR, particularly concerning product classifications (Article 8 and 9) and principal adverse impacts (PAI).
I look forward to your acknowledgment of this request and your response within the statutory time limit of 15 working days.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
Sincerely,
Joachim Kattrup
Adress: Brofogedvej 8, 2.sal. DK-2400 Copenhagen NV
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 22/07/2025 and registered on 22/07/2025 under the case number
2025/3699.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 12/08/2025. 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,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Kattrup,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 22/07/2025 under case number EASE 2025/3699.
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 12/08/2025. 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
03/09/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
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Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,
Thank you for the note about extended deadline.
Yours faithfully,
Joachim Kattrup
Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Communications between Nordea Bank and officials or departments within the European Commission'.
I kindly remind you about the time limit expires on 03/09/2025. Please explain and inform when to expect the information.
Yours faithfully,
Joachim Kattrup
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2025/3699, sent on 16/09/2025 and registered on 16/09/2025.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 07/10/2025. 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,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/3699.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/3699.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to documents
European Commission
Dear Mr Kattrup,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/3699.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG FISMA
Hello,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case [1]2025/3699, registered on 16/09/2025.
As you did not receive a reply to your initial request registered on
22/07/2025, you submitted a confirmatory request.
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on
10/09/2025.
Against this background, the Secretariat-General has closed your
confirmatory request.
You can submit a new_rec confirmatory request for this case in accordance
with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 if you wish to ask for a
review of the initial reply.
Kind regards,
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