Ref. Ares(2023)1634438 - 07/03/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Directorate I – Legal, procedural and inter-institutional affairs
I.1 – Agricultural law and enforcement
Brussels 07/03/2023
AGRI.I.1/CCL/ib/Ares(2023) 2272613
Ines Urman
1 Long Lane London
UK
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents 2023/1025
Dear Ms Urman,
We refer to your request for access to European Commission documents registered on
14/02/2023 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 listed below: Between EuroCommerce and
Cabinet member of Janusz Wojciechowski, Maciej Golubiewski, on 27/10/2020.
We have identified the documents falling within the scope of your request. You will find
enclosed redacted copies of the aforementioned documents.
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:
– the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not pertaining
to the senior management;
– the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons;
In your application, you indicate that your address is in the UK. Transfers of personal data
from the Commission to countries that are not members of the European Economic Area
(EEA), or to international organisations are regulated under Chapter V of the Data Protection
Regulation (1).
(1) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions,
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No
45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC, OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
According to Article 47(1) of this Regulation, a transfer of personal data to a third country or
an international organization may take place where the Commission has decided that the third
country, a territory or one or more specified sectors within that country, or the international
organisation in question ensures an adequate level of protection and where the personal data
are transferred solely to allow tasks within the competence of the controller to be carried out.
Based on the information available, the country of your residence is recognised by the
Commission as ensuring an adequate level of protection. However, we would further like to
inform you that 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 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.
You may reuse public documents, which have been produced by the European
Commission or by public and private entities on its behalf based on the
Commission
Decision on the reuse of Commission documents. You may reuse the documents disclosed
free of charge and for non-commercial and commercial purposes provided that the source
is acknowledged and that you do not distort the original meaning or message of the
documents. Please note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the
reuse.
Please note that document No 1.2 originating from a third party is disclosed to you based
on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the
rules on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the
released document without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual
property right on it. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility from
their reuse.
Document No 1.1 was drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the relevant
service of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. It solely
reflects the service’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:
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by asking for a review via your portal (2) account (available only for initial requests
submitted via the portal account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency,
Document
Management
&
Access
to
Documents
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BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours faithfully,
Electronically signed
Cristina Carrasco Lorente
Head of Unit
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https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
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Electronically signed on 06/03/2023 16:09 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121