Meetings Vestager & Intel
Dear Competition,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain information on the following meetings:
— Meeting between Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel Corporation, on June 17.
— Meeting between Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, on July 15.
On those two meetings, I am requesting the following documents:
-All minutes, agendas, summary, memos and any other reports of these meetings, issued both in preparation and after the meetings took place.
- All correspondence including attachments (including, but not limited to any emails, correspondence, telephone call notes, or texts) and followups, between any Directorates General/the cabinet, Commissioner Vestager and the company or any intermediaries representing its interests.
- All correspondence including attachments (i.e. any emails, correspondence, telephone call notes, or texts) and followups, between any Directorate Generals, the cabinet and Commissioner Vestager about those meetings, issued both prior and after.
- All documents prepared for the meetings and exchanged in the course of the meetings between both parties.
Yours faithfully,
Pieter HAECK
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are writing to you concerning your request for access to documents sent
on 17/07/2024 and registered on 17/07/2024 under case number 2024/3853.
Since you have not indicated your postal address, we are not able to start
handling your request. The 15 working days to reply to your request will
start running only when you send us your postal address.
You can send your postal address by replying to this e-mail. If we do not
receive your reply we may close this case.
Please note that you can submit a request for access to Commission
documents via the portal [1]'Request a Commission document', which does
not require you to indicate your postal address.
Why do we need your personal postal address?
Since 1 April 2014, the submission of a postal address became a mandatory
feature when submitting an application for access to Commission documents
via an e-mail. We would like to explain why we need your postal address in
order to register and handle your application for access to documents when
submitted via e-mail:
• Firstly, to obtain legal certainty as regards the date you received
the European Commission reply to your application for public access to
documents. Article 297 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union (TFEU) states that 'decisions which specify to whom
they are addressed, shall be notified to those to whom they are
addressed and shall take effect upon such notification.' In line with
this provision, if the Commission does not grant full access to the
requested documents, it notifies the reply to the applicant via
registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt or via delivery
service. This requires an indication of a valid postal address by the
applicant;
• Secondly, to apply correctly the [2]Data Protection Regulation (EU)
2018/1725. Knowing whether the applicant is an EU resident (or not) is
necessary for deciding which conditions shall apply for the
transmissions of personal data to applicants for access to documents.
These conditions are not the same for recipients established in the
Union and for recipients in third countries. As the vast majority of
the documents requested contain personal data, the Commission cannot
ensure the correct application of the data protection rules in the
absence of a postal address;
• Thirdly, to apply correctly [3]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Article
4(1)(b) of that Regulation refers to the protection of the privacy and
integrity of the individual and has to be applied in line with the
Data Protection Regulation;
• Fourthly, to protect the interest of other citizens and safeguard the
principle of good administration. The Commission has to treat all
citizens equally by ensuring that the legal framework for public
access to documents is respected. For example, it has to verify
whether Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is being evaded
by introducing several requests under different identities. Indeed, in
its Ryanair judgment ([4]EU:T:2010:511), the General Court confirmed
that Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 cannot be evaded by
splitting an application into several, seemingly separate, parts. In
addition, the Commission has to make sure that the legal framework is
respected and the right of access to documents is not abused by making
requests under an invented identity.
The considerations above show that the request for and the consequent
processing of the applicant's postal address is not only appropriate, but
also strictly necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the
public interest within the meaning of Article 5(1)(a) of Data Protection
Regulation, namely providing a smooth and effective access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Competition - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Competition,
The postal address is Rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Bruxelles
Yours faithfully,
Christina GENNET
Dear Competition,
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 'Meetings Vestager & Intel'.
The closing letter stated that no postal address was given, while it was sent on July 22.
Yours faithfully,
Christina GENNET
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your email.
Can you please indicate the case reference of your access to documents ? it mentions "2024/XXXX".
Thank you in advance.
Comp access to documents team.
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 17/07/2024 and registered on 09/08/2024 under the case number
2024/3853.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 02/09/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Competition - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 17/07/2024 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 21/08/2024 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Please find attached a scan of the reply to your request for access to
documents, signed by the Director General.
You are kindly requested to reply to the present email acknowledging
receipt thereof.
Yours faithfully,
COMP A3 Secretariat
DG Competition
State aid case support and policy
MADOU Office 21/60
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Tel: +32 2 29 93073
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