DG GROW travel expenses for officials paid for by non-EU governments, organisations
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
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:
- The number of officials within DG GROW who accepted third party contributions for their missions that were not provided by EU Member States, EEA and EFTA countries, international organisations or fora, such as the UN, G20/G7 or public and private universities when the mission was for academic purposes between January 1 2022 and December 31 2022.
- All minutes, agendas, summary, correspondence, memos and any other reports drafted and received by DG CONNECT between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 relating to the above missions.
Yours faithfully,
Edith Hancock
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 18/04/2023 and registered on 18/04/2023 under the case number
2023/2285.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 11/05/2023. 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 Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mrs Gennet,
Please find attached a clarification request concerning your request for
access to Commission documents registered under the above case number
2023/2285.
Kind regards,
DG GROW ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Mrs Gennet,
Many thanks for your reply to the clarification request sent yesterday.
Please take note that this reply (here below) will be treated as part of the case registered under EASE 2023/2285 and not as a new case.
Best regards,
DG GROW ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Madam,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. 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 today.
An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
relating to different Services under consultation.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 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 06/06/2023.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW ATD Team
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
The deadline for this request passed on June 6. Can I ask when I can expect to receive a response?
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Edith Hancock
Dear Madam,
Please be informed that we are awaiting the replies of some last remaining consulted third-parties on documents originating from them. We hope to finalise the final reply to your request next week. Please be reassured that we are doing our best to be able to send you the reply as soon as possible.
We apologise for this additional delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
Dear [email address],
This request has still not been fulfilled. I wondered whether it would be possible to receive simply the number of officials who accepted missions from third parties in the meantime while you confirm details with those third parties about disclosure of detailed information, if this is causing the delay?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Yours faithfully,
Christina GENNET
Dear Ms Gennet,
Yes, we can already inform you that we have identified 13 officials of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) who accepted third party contributions for the types of missions mentioned in the scope of your request.
Our apologies for the delays.
Yours faithfully,
DG GROW ATD Team