Tech lobby meetings
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 all documents related to the following meetings:
- Meeting with Amazon on 27/11/25 on developments in digital policy and competition;
- Meeting with Google on 01/10/25 on digitalisation and upcoming digital files;
- Meeting with Microsoft on 29/10/25 on Microsoft’s views on simplification in relation to the environment;
- Meeting with Microsoft on 12/11/25 on digital sovereignty.
These documents should include:
- all agendas for each of these meetings;
- minutes of the aforementioned meetings (excluding the summary minutes already in the public domain);
- documents prepared or received for the purpose of these meetings and/or distributed among the attendees before or during the course of these meetings
- all correspondence sent or received in preparation for these meetings and/or in order to arrange these meetings, including all attachments;
- all documents prepared or received with regards to and/or as a follow up to these meetings;
- all correspondence sent or received with regards to and/or as a follow up to these meetings, including all attachments.
Yours faithfully,
Bram Vranken
On behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourgh 26
1050 Brussels
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 18/03/2026 and registered on 18/03/2026 under the case number
2026/1562.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 13/04/2026. We will let you know
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Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 18/03/2026 under case number 2026/1562.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 13/04/2026.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on01/05/2026.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
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Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2026/1562.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG E