Ref. Ares(2022)7769211 - 10/11/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
Brussels
SG.D.1/SV
Tomas Rudl
Schönhauser Allee 6-7
10119 Berlin
Germany
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents (2022/5938)
Dear Mr. Rudl,
We refer to your request for access to European Commission documents registered on 18/10/2022 under the
above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to all documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance
lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and minutes/notes) relating to the meeting between
Anthony Whelan and the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) on
19.01.2021.
Your application concerns the following document:
Short notes of a meeting between Anthony Whelan and the European Telecommunications Network Operators'
Association (ETNO) on 19.01.2021
With regard to the document listed above, a complete disclosure of the identified documents 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:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not pertaining to the senior
management;
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the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons;
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handwritten signatures/abbreviated signatures of natural persons;
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other information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person
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 put forward 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.
This document was drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the relevant official of the European
Commission. It solely reflects the author's interpretation of the interventions made and does not set out any
official position of the third parties to which the document refers, which was not consulted on its content. It
does not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
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 to the Secretariat-General of the Commission within 15
working days upon receipt of this letter. You can submit it in one of the following ways:
by asking for a review via your portal1 account (available only for initial requests submitted via the portal
account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Elisa Roller
Director
Enclosure:
disclosed document
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Electronically signed on 10/11/2022 15:12 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
