Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

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:

- Detailed minutes of the meeting held on January 20th 2020 between Microsoft's Brad Smith and Commission Vice-President Vestager. I would request that you also provide me with a list of the individuals present, as well as a breakdown of the issues discussed.

- Detailed minutes of the meeting held on January 20th 2020 between Microsoft's Brad Smith and Commission Vice-President Jourova. I would request that you also provide me with a list of the individuals present, as well as a breakdown of the issues discussed.

- Detailed minutes of the meeting held on January 20th 2020 between Microsoft's Brad Smith and Commissioner Reynders. I would request that you also provide me with a list of the individuals present, as well as a breakdown of the issues discussed.

- Detailed minutes of any meeting held in the month of January 20th 2020 between any officials from Microsoft and any representatives of the European Commission.

- All correspondence (i.e. any emails, correspondence, telephone call notes, and/or text messages including WhatsApp exchanges) between any Commission officials or representatives and Mr. Smith or a representative of his, over the past year.

I trust that you will see to this enquiry with due haste.

Yours faithfully,
Samuel Stolton
EURACTIV Brussels
International Press Centre
Boulevard Charlemagne 1, 1041 Bruxelles

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Samuel Stolton,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 21/01/2020.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your request for access to documents, which was registered on
21/01/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/0415.
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
11/02/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
Best regards,
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
 
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
 
[1]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
 
 

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Samuel Stolton,
Further to your access to documents request dated 21/01/2020 with the
reference mentioned below, we hereby inform you that your request
initially submitted to the Secretariat-General has been re-attributed to
two Directorates-Generals with the following reference numbers:
GESTDEM 2020/0415:      Secretariat-General (SG)
GESTDEM 2020/0504:      Directorate-General for Communications Networks,
Content and Technology (DG/ CNECT)
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
11/02/2020.
In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
 
Best regards,
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
 
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
 
[1]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
 
 
 
 

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ve_cnect.public_access_to_documents (CNECT), Secretariat General of the European Commission

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[5]Ares(2020)871228 - Holding reply- Your application for access to
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Dear Mr Stolton,

 

We refer to your email dated 21 January 2020 wherein you make a request
for access to documents,  registered on the same date under the
abovementioned 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 today.

 

An extended time limit is needed as different Services must be consulted.

 

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 3 March 2020.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Access to Documents Team

 

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European Commission

DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

BU25 – Avenue de Beaulieu 25

B-1160 Brussels/Belgium

 

 

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[5]Ares(2020)1333754 - Your applications for access to documents- GestDem
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Dear Mr Stolton,

 

We refer to your emails, dated 21 January 2020 wherein you make two
requests for access to documents,  registered under the abovementioned
reference numbers.

 

Unfortunately, we are not able to send the reply to your applications
within the given time limit, which expires today.

 

You will receive the answer to your applications as soon as possible. 

 

We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.  

 

Yours faithfully,

 

DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team

 

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European Commission

DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

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B-1160 Brussels/Belgium

 

 

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Please find attached document Ares(2020)1335408 from ve_sg.dsg2.e1 (SG.DSG2.E.1) dated 03/03/2020.

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Advance copy by e-mail and registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt
 
Dear Mr Stolton,
 
Please find attached document Ares(2020)1467582 regarding "Your
applications for access to documents- Ref GestDem 2020/0502 and 2020/0504"
sent by Mr Roberto Viola, General Director of DG CONNECT on 10/03/2020.
 
Best regards,
 
European Commission
DG CONNECT — ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Avenue de Beaulieu, 25
B-1160 Brussels/Belgium