Ref. Ares(2022)8617299 - 12/12/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Directorate I – Legal, procedural and inter-institutional affairs
I.1 – Agricultural law and enforcement
Brussels
AGRI.I.1/CCL/IB/ ARES(2022)9208428
Laura Döring
1 Long Lane Borough, London
UK
ask+request-12130-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – 2022/6517
Dear Ms Döring,
We refer to your request for access to European Commission documents registered on
11/11/2022 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 meetings listed below:
1.
Between Bayer AG and Jorge Pinto Antunes, Cabinet member of Janusz
Wojciechowski on 11/10/2022;
2.
Between Bayer AG and Joanna Stawowy, Cabinet member of Janusz
Wojciechowski and Jorge Pinto Antunes, Cabinet member of Janusz
Wojciechowski on 11/10/2022;
3.
Between Bayer AG and Maciej Golubiewski, Cabinet member of Janusz
Wojciechowski on 27/10/2022;
4.
Between European Chemical Industry Council and Jorge Pinto Antunes,
Cabinet member of Janusz Wojciechowski on 22/09/2022.
We have identified 11 documents falling within the scope of your request. You will find
enclosed a list of them and the documents identified.
With regard to the identified documents 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 (1),
because they contain the following personal data:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 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
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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;
In your application, you indicate that your address is in 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 (2).
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 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.
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 documents 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 7.1 originating from third parties
are 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 documents without the agreement of the originator, who
may hold an intellectual property right on them. The European Commission does not
assume any responsibility from their reuse.
(2) 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
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Documents 1 and 8 were drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the
relevant services of Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development. They
solely reflect the service’s interpretation of the interventions made and does not set out
any official position of the third parties to which the documents refer, which was not
consulted on its content. They do 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 portal (3) 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 faithfully,
Cristina Carrasco Lorente
Head of Unit
Enclosure:
11 documents
(3)
https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
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Electronically signed on 11/12/2022 23:42 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
