Ref. Ares(2022)2394832 - 31/03/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
SG.D.1 - Digital Transition, Industry & Single Market
Brussels
SG.D.1/AM
Samuel Stolton
Politico
Rue de la Loi 62
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
Email
: ask+request-10816-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Stolton,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/1430
We refer to your request for access to documents on 11 March 2022, registered under the
above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to “
All documentation (including but not limited to: briefing papers,
transcriptions of the meeting, readouts of the meeting, email correspondences, agendas,
background papers, briefing papers, etc) concerning the meeting on March 1 between
President von der Leyen and other EU leaders, with members of the European
Roundtable, as detailed here:
“https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ert.eu/wpcontent/uploads/2022/02/2022-03-01-ERT-
delegationmeets-President-Macron-Chancellor-Scholz-and-President-von-
derLeyen_finalfinal.pdf__;!!DOxrgLBm!TJEW7xr1-
BHFYZVceFjzPnZMiCFjldC7knhOj866EIjSHGu2j7dqaqAgnAVwkmymi3NQ$.”
We have identified the following documents related to your request:
Ares 2022 1920922 Minutes of the meeting ERT CEOs - Paris - 28 February
2022_Redacted
With regard to the documents identified, a complete disclosure is prevented by the
exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual outlined
in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because they contain the following
personal data:
- the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
- the names/initials and contact details of other institutions or natural persons.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you
for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that
the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. In your request, you do
not express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has
not been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data
concerned.
In case you would disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting
the Commission to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon
receipt of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following
address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels, or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Electronically signed
Olivier GIRARD
Head of Unit
Enclosure:
disclosed documents
2
Electronically signed on 30/03/2022 18:56 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
