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contacts with lobbyists regarding the EU SME Envoy post

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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 documents which contain the following information:

1) Minutes and other notes from meetings (including online meetings) between the European Commission and stakeholders/lobbyists (from January 1st 2023 until the date of this request) in which the EU SME Envoy post was discussed;

2) All correspondence (including emails and instant messages) between the European Commission and stakeholders/lobbyists (from January 1st 2023 until the date of this request), in which the EU SME Envoy post was discussed;

There is a clear public interest in the disclosure of these documents. The transparency rules as set out in the Lisbon Treaty oblige the EU institutions to work as openly and as closely as possible to the citizens. There is moreover clearly a lot at stake for citizens in this case, as the appointment procedure for the EU SME Envoy has raised major controversy.

Yours faithfully,

Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 15/04/2024 and registered on 15/04/2024 under the case number
2024/2006.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 07/05/2024. 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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GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

1 Attachment

Dear Sir,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/2006.

Kind regards,

DG GROW ATD Team

Olivier Hoedeman

Dear GROW A2D team,

in response to your request for more detailed information about my request EASE 2024/2006, here's my clarification:

the Commission services / hierarchical level of meetings targeted with the request are:
- Commission President von der Leyen and her cabinet and wider team
- Commission President Breton and his cabinet

With this narrowing down of the request it should be feasible to cover all stakeholders/lobbyists with which the EU SME Envoy post was discussed (in meetings or correspondence).

Yours faithfully,

Olivier Hoedeman
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
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
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Hello,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 15 April 2024 under case number 2024-2992.

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 6 June 2024.

In line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and in view
of the high number of requests we receive, we need to extend this time
limit by 15 additional working days. The new time limit expires on 27 June
2024.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

References

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GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

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Dear Sir,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/2006.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

DG GROW ATD Team

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

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    EASE 2024 2992 initial reply EN.pdf

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    Document 2 redacted Ares 2024 1992803 240314 Eurochambres President Letter to EU Commission President.pdf

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    Document 3 e mails Letter of Eurochambres President on the reduction of reporting obligations for companies 005.pdf

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    Document 4 redacted Ares 2024 2545020 Joint civil society letter on the allegations surrounding the appointment of the new EU envoy for small and medium sized enterprises.pdf

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    Document 5 Joint letter on the appointment of Markus Pieper MEP as EU SME Envoy 003.pdf

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    Document 1 Minutes redacted.pdf

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Hello,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/2992.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,

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