
Ref. Ares(2022)943557 - 09/02/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR TRADE
The Director-General
Brussels
TRADE/SW/D2 (2022) 668721
Lucía Bárcena
Transnational Institue (TNI)
PO Box 14656
1001 LD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
by email only:
ask+request-10419-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2021/8272
Dear Ms Bárcena,
I refer to your e-mail dated 17/12/2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011 (“Regulation 1049/2001”),
registered on 22/12/2021 under the above mentioned reference number.
1. SCOPE OF YOUR REQUEST
In your application, you request access to:
A list of all lobby meetings held between officials/representatives of DG Trade and energy
companies since 1 May 2016, in which the future EU-Mexico Global Agreement has been
discussed. The list should include: date, the name of the company attending, and the
purpose of the meeting if possible.
We regret to inform you that we have not identified any meetings between
officials/representatives of DG Trade and energy companies since 1 May 2016, in which the
future EU-Mexico Global Agreement was discussed.
1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: CHAR 07/067 - Tel. direct line +32 229-60143
xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx

As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation 1049/2001, the right of access as defined in that
regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your application,
are held by the DG Trade, DG Trade is not in a position to fulfil your request.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, you are entitled to make 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:
Secretary-General
European Commission
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
Rue de la Loi 200/Wetstraat 200
BERL 7/76
1049 Brussels
Belgium
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Sabine WEYAND
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Electronically signed on 09/02/2022 11:32 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482