Documents concerning Commission member and conflicts of interest
Dear members of the Secretariat General and DG Competition
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents relating to any article 16, article 12B or article 40 (Staff Regulations) applications made by Daniel Coublucq when he left DG Comp to take up employment at Compass Lexecon in September 2018.
In particular, I request a note of all Daniel Coublucq's job titles at the Commission (including dates held and duration of his working contracts); copies of any application(s) that he made under article 12b, 16 and 40 to undertake the new professional activity; the date of issuing the authorisation; any assessments of the compatibility of his new role with his DG Comp role; and all documents (correspondence, emails, meeting notes etc) related to the authorisation of the new role.
In addition:
- I request all documents, correspondence and meeting notes concerned with Daniel Coublucq’s role in the Bayer/Monsanto merger, including the information about his participation in Unit E4 or presence in any Unit E4 meetings concerning the Bayer / Monsanto merger
- I request all documents, correspondence and meeting notes that describe Daniel Coublucq’s involvement in the Comission’s evaluation of BASF acquisition of Bayer seed treat and herbicide assets and its digital farming assets
- I request all documents, correspondence and meeting notes on opinions’s expressed by Daniel Coublucq in DG Comp, in Unit E4’s meetings or as an invited member, concerning the following documents from Compass Lexecon: “Analysis of BASF’s incentives as regards to herbicides and herbicide tolerance traits” (13/3/2018)
Finally, I would like to request all declarations of interest made by Daniel Coublucq when he rejoined the Commission from Compass Lexecon in October 2020. I would like to receive all Commission documents including any emails, letters, minutes of meetings which discuss the risk of conflicts of interest in this case, and a note of any restrictions which were applied to Mr Coublucq when he rejoined the Commission.
Yours faithfully,
João Camargo
Researcher at Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d'Édimbourg 26
1050 Brussels - Belgium
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 08/11/2023 and registered on 08/11/2023 under the case number
2023/6646.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 29/11/2023. 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 Competition - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr. Camargo
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 08/11/2023 under case number 2023/6646.
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 are not able to send you the reply within the prescribed
time limit which expired on 29/11/2023, as the application concern a
document held by different Services, which must be consulted.
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 20/12/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
DG Competition
DG COMP.I.1 (Registry and Transparency)
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your application dated 8.11.2023 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on the same day under the above
mentioned reference number.
Please find attached a scan of the reply to your request, signed by the
Director General.
You are kindly requested to reply to the present email acknowledging
receipt thereof.
Kind regards,
COMP E4
European Commission
DG Competition
Unit E4 - Mergers
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Dear Sir,
Could you please confirm you received the below email and it’s attachment
sent on 20 December 2023?
Kind regards,
COMP E4
European Commission
DG Competition
Unit E4 - Mergers
From: COMP E4 MAIL
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 11:36 AM
To: [FOI #13827 email]
Cc: COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref EASE No 2023/6646
Dear Sir,
We refer to your application dated 8.11.2023 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on the same day under the above
mentioned reference number.
Please find attached a scan of the reply to your request, signed by the
Director General.
You are kindly requested to reply to the present email acknowledging
receipt thereof.
Kind regards,
COMP E4
European Commission
DG Competition
Unit E4 - Mergers
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