Meeting - 10th November 2020 between Marius Vaščega and STARCH EUROPE.
Dear Environment,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), meeting conclusions, audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on 10th November 2020 between Marius Vaščega and STARCH EUROPE.
In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis. At no point should the Commission's search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Rachel Cox, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours sincerely Rachel Cox
Dear Environment,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Meeting - 10th November 2020 between Marius Vaščega and STARCH EUROPE.'.
I applied for these documents on 26th April 2021; the deadline for a timely response was the 19th May 2021 - within 15 business days, according to the regulation. Receipt of these documents are long overdue.
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), meeting conclusions, audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on 10th November 2020 between Marius Vaščega and STARCH EUROPE.
In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis. At no point should the Commission's search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/meet...
Yours faithfully,
Rachel Cox
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Dear Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail of 26 April 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 4
August 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/4877. Please accept our
sincere apologies for the delay in registering your request.
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 25
August 2021.
You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team
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Dear Madam,
Thank you for your email dated 3 August 2021 by which you request,
pursuant to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, a review of the position
taken by DG ENV in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/4877.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 5 August 2021 (Ares(2021)4974229).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (26/08/2021). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.
Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1
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Dear Ms Cox,
I refer to your email of 3 August 2021, registered on 4 August 2021, by
which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.
Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expires on 26 August 2021. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on
16 September 2021. However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost
to provide you with a final reply within the next 15 working days.
I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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Dear Ms Cox,
Please find enclosed a letter signed by our Head of Unit, Astrid
Ladefoged.
Kind regards
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Dear Ms Cox,
I refer to your email of 3 August 2021, registered on 5 August 2021, by
which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.
I also refer to our holding reply of 26 August 2021, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. This
extended time limit expires on 16 September 2021.
I regret to have to inform you that we are not able to respond within the
extended time-limit, as we have not yet finalised internal consultations.
I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final
reply as soon as possible.
I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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European Commission
Secretariat General
SG.C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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From: BUSSY Evelyne (ENV)
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 12:05 PM
To: '[email address]'
<[email address]>
Subject: Gestdem 2021/4877
Dear Ms Cox,
Please find enclosed a letter signed by our Head of Unit, Ms Ladefoged,
and its annex.
Kind regards
Evelyne Bussy
Dear Madam,
Please find attached an advance copy of the reply to your confirmatory
request for access to documents registered under the number GESTDEM
2021/4877.
Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
Berl. 07/251
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