Documents related to 21.04.2022 meeting with Lighthouse Europe
[REDACTED] made this access to documents request to Trade This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Trade,
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:
All minutes, agendas, summaries, notes or memos issued before or after; documents prepared for, issued in preparation for, or exchanged during; as well as all correspondence including attachments by either of the meeting parties related to the 21.04.2022 meeting between Kevin Keary and Lighthouse Europe.
Yours faithfully,
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Dear Mr Henning,
Could you kindly confirm your postal address please which is a requirement under Regulation 1049/2001 to treat your request.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
Dear [email address],
My postal address is as follows:
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I would also like to point out that in contrast to your mail, Regulation 1049/2001 does not state that a postal address needs to be provided when filing a request for access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
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Dear Mr Henning,
Thank you for confirming your postal address which is indeed a procedural requirement for us. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered today under reference number GestDem 2022/2327.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days. The time-limit will expire on 17 May 2022. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG TRADE
Dear Mr Henning,
We refer to your e-mail of 25 April 2022 in which you make a 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 on 17 May 2022. An extended time limit is needed as we are currently processing a high number of requests.
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 10 June 2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG TRADE Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Dear Mr Henning,
Please find attached our reply to your request GestDem 2022/2327.
According to our standard operational procedure, you would have also received the letter by registered mail. However, due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemic, which requires all Commission’s non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [DG TRADE request email]
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Access to Documents Team
European Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Unit R3 – Transparency, Civil Society and Communications
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1049 Brussels
Belgium
[DG TRADE request email]
Dear [email address],
I can confirm that I have received and the enclosed documents. Thank you for your work on my request!
Yours sincerely,
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