Meetings with BlackRock and lobby organisations
Dear Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
For the period between 1 January 2019 to date,
- a list of all meetings held by all staff of DG Fisma with the following representatives: BlackRock, IIF, AFME, EFAMA, ISDA, MFA, ICI, and ICMA
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings;
- all correspondence, including attachments (including, but not limited to, emails, letters, and/or telephone call notes), between DG Fisma and any of the organisations mentioned above; and
- all documents prepared for the purpose of these meetings and/or exchanged during the course of these meetings.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any doubts or questions in regards to this request.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Lora Verheecke
rue du Bronze 9
1070 Bruxelles
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BlackRock and lobby organisations --- Ref. Gestdem 2021/2282
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Dear ve_sg.accessdoc (SG),
Could you please update me on the status of this request?
Yours sincerely,
Lora Verheecke
Dear Madam,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2021/1882
We refer to your email dated 14/4/2021 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 14/04/2021 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 5/05/2021.
An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns a large
number of documents; in order to retrieve the documents requested, large
files have to be examined;(part of) the documents requested originate from
third parties which have been consulted; and the application concerns
documents held by different Services which must be consulted. You will
receive very soon more explanation and a preliminary answer to your
request.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 31/05/2021.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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Dear FISMA A2,
Thank you very much for this extensive list.
I will narrow down my request to 20 meetings. I will communicate those meetings to you as soon as possible.
Thank you again.
Yours sincerely,
Lora Verheecke
Dear FISMA A2,
Thank you very much again for the list of meetings.
Could you please send me all documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts and recordings) AND the meeting minutes/notes relating to the following meetings:
13-03-2020, BlackRock meeting request, by BlackRock, lead service: DDG
06-11-2020, FISMA/2019/024/D - Progress report meeting n°10, by BlackRock, lead service: D/1
20-05-2019, Roundtable on sustainable finance, by Institute of International Finance, lead service: B
19-02-2020, Meeting request by IIF/Institute of International Finance with EC, by Institute of International Finance, lead service: E/1
03-12-2020, IIF-BPI International Bank Regulation Forum, by Bank Policy Institute, Credit Suisse Group AG, Institute of International Finance, lead service: D
05-11-2019, Meeting with Insurance Europe, EFAMA, EBF, EACB, AMICE, AFME, AIMA, PensionsEurope on Regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector
By AMICE - Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe; Association for Financial Markets in Europe; European Association of Co-operative Banks; European Banking Federation; European Fund and Asset Management Association; Insurance Europe; PensionsEurope; The Alternative Investment Management Association Limited, lead service: C
05-02-2020, AFME - Proposed conversation on NFRD review and ESG reporting, by Association for Financial Markets in Europe, lead service: C/1
11-02-2020, AFME - Green Supporting Factor, by Association for Financial Markets in Europe, lead service: D/1
18-02-2020, Meeting with AFME, by Association for Financial Markets in Europe; BNP PARIBAS; Credit Suisse Group AG; Morgan Stanley; The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., lead service: A/4
02-06-2020, Meeting with AFME - MIFID Review, by Association for Financial Markets in Europe, lead service: C/3
03-02-2021, NFRD, by Association for Financial Markets in Europe; Citigroup.inc; JPMorgan Chase & Co., lead service: C/1
11-11-2019, Meeting on the integration of sustainability risks in UCITS/AIFMD, by European Fund and Asset Management Association, lead service: C/4
18-11-2019, Meeting with EFAMA to discuss the upcoming revision of the Non-Financial Information Directive by European Fund and Asset Management Association, lead service: C/1
07-02-2020, Meeting to discuss sustainable finance, by Managed Funds Association, lead service: C/4
03-02-2020, Meeting on asset management industry, Green Deal and CMU, by ICI Global, event ID: FISMA/9417, lead service: C/4
22-01-2020, Meeting with ICMA, by International Capital Market Association, lead service: C/3
10-02-2021 - INVITATION: AFME- DIGITALEUROPE roundtable on DORA by AFME, lead service: B/5
04-06-2019 -Preparation EU-US Financial Regulatory Forum
by Association for Financial Markets in Europe; BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA; BNP PARIBAS; Barclays PLC; Deutsche Bank AG; European Banking Federation; European Fund and Asset Management Association; Fédération bancaire française; HSBC Holdings PLC; Insurance Europe; International Swaps and Derivatives Association; Intesa Sanpaolo; Invest Europe; Société Générale; Spanish Banking Association; Tradeweb Europe Limited; UniCredit
Lead service: A/4
04-04-2019, Meeting with MFA (in the margins of Eurofi), lead service: DG
Yours sincerely,
Lora Verheecke
Dear Ms Verheecke,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 29 May 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered and splitted on 21 June 2021 under reference number GestDem
2021/4006 2021/4009, 2021/4024, 2021/4025, 2021/4026, 2021/4027 and 2021/4029 because several units are involved in your request (see enclosed our table).
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 212 July 2021. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours sincerely,
FISMA ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear FISMA B5,
Thank you for sending me some of the documents of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Lora Verheecke
Dear Mrs Verheecke,
Please find attached documents related to your request.
Also, please note that we don’t have any background documents for these
meetings.
Best regards,
FISMA Secretariat
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European Commission
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
Capital Markets Union
1049 Brussels, Belgium
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Dear Ms Verheecke,
Please find attached the reply to your request/email dated of 17 June
2021.
Best regards.
Fisma.E1