Reasoned opinion sent to Ireland in January 2019
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
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:
A copy of the reasoned opinion sent to Ireland regarding restrictions on advertising
on the free movement of services in breach of EU rules (breach of Article 56 TFEU, and the Services Directive sent in January 2019 as referred to in section 10 of the below press release
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor...
I understand that the infringement file was closed following the commencement of section 218(1) (2) and (4) to (8) of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 and the Advertising Regulations 2020 (SI 644 of 2020).
Given the file has been closed, I don't foresee any basis not to grant access to the requested document.
Yours faithfully,
Fred Logue
8/10 Coke Lane
Smithfield
Dublin 7
Ireland
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 10/12/2023 and registered on 11/12/2023 under the case number
2023/7321.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 10/01/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 11/12/2023 under the reference number 2023/7321.
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 10/01/2024.
An extended time limit is needed as part of the document requested originate from third parties which have to 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 31/01/2024.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely.
GROW E1
Dear Mr. Logue,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 11/12/2023
under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we couldn’t
complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15
working days, which expired on 10/01/2024.
An extended time limit is needed as in order to retrieve the documents
requested, large files have to be examined.
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 31/01/2024.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
Dear Sir,
please find enclosed reply to your request for documents registered as EASE 2023/7321.
Kind regards,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMES
Single Market Enforcement
E.1 – Enforcement I
Dear GROW E1,
Thank you very much for sending this document. Please consider this request closed.
Yours sincerely,
Fred Logue