Communications between the EU Commission and the WTO on EU-US trade deal
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 emails and documents (memos, advices, concept notes, meetings notes, etc.) which have been exchanged between the EU Commission and the WTO on the compatibility of the EU-US trade deal since 1st March 2025 until today.
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
Rue Roger van der Weyden 27
1000 Bruxelles
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 28/09/2025 and registered on 29/09/2025 under the case number
2025/4938.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 20/10/2025. 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 Ms Verheecke,
We refer to your email application for public access to documents of 28
Septemeber 2025, registered on 29 Septermber 2025 under the EASE reference
number 2025/4938.
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 20
October 2025, i.e. today.
An extended time limit is needed as different Services must 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 10 November 2025.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG TRADE Access to Documents Team
European CommissionDirectorate General for Trade
Unit R2 – Single Entry Point for implementation, Outreach and
Transparency, SMEs
CHAR
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Could you please update me on the status of this request?
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
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
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European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
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Dear Ms Verheecke,
Thank you very much for your today's reminding message.
We sincerely apologise for the delayed handling of your request and the
also delayed processing of the reply.
Please find here now attached the reply to your initial request for public
access to Commission documents registered under the above case number EASE
2025/4938.
Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email. Thank you
very much in advance!
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Public Access to Documents Team
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Thank you very much for your reply. I am afraid I do not find the document attached.
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
2nd effort to send with attachment (reply letter)
Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email. Thank
you very much in advance!
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Public Access to Documents Team
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Thank you very much
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke