TiSA meeting documents
Dear Trade (TRADE),
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 list of meetings of DG Trade officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of individual companies, including lobby consultancies and law firms, and/or industry associations, in which the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiations were dealt with (between January 2012 and today);
- minutes and other reports of these meetings;
- all correspondence (including e-mails) between DG Trade officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of individual companies (including lobby consultancies and law firms) and/or industry associations, in which the TiSA negotiations were dealt with (between January 2012 and today).
If applicable, please kindly make available all existing language versions.
With kind regards,
Florian Wagner.
Dear Mr Wagner,
Your request for access to documents has been registered with the ref. number 2014/1422. This message is an acknowledgement of receipt.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a reply within 15 working days (02/04/2014).
Yours faithfully,
Laura Saija
Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 7/90
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 83078
[email address]
Dear Mr Wagner,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2014/1422
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 12/03/2014 under the above mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, an extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested originate from third parties which have been 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 28/04/2014.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 7/90
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Madame or Sir,
as you might have noticed has the extended time limit for the request with the reference number Ref GestDem No 2014/1422 expired.
Since the next round of negotiations has already started I would like to extend the time period mentioned in my initial request to also cover the current round of negotiations.
I am aware that DG Trade seems to experience some difficulty in delivering requested information on time so I am looking forward to receive a satisfactory answer until Monday, 5th May.
Kind regards,
Florian Wagner.
Dear Mr Wagner,
We refer to your access to documents requests, registered under the above
mentioned reference numbers.
Both of your applications are currently being handled, however, as you
have noticed we were not able to complete the handling of your application
within the time limit which expired on 28/04/2014.
An extended time limit is needed as your application as your application
concerns large number of documents. All of these documents need to be
assessed individually. Such a detailed analysis together with the need to
consult the third parties concerned in accordance with Article 4(4)cannot
be carried out within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of
Regulation 1049/2001.
Article 6(3) provides that "in the event of an application relating to a
very long document or to very large number of documents, the institution
concerned may confer with the applicant informally, with a view to finding
a fair solution".
Based on this provision, and taking into account your request to extend
the request for documents (GestDem No 2014/1422) to the current round of
negotiations, as well as, having consulted the unit in charge of
collecting the material, we would like to propose you end of June as a new
deadline, for both requests. If we are able to reply sooner we will make
sure you receive replies as soon as possible.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Indre
Access to Documents
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European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 3/3
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 61 07
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Dear Mr Wagner,
We refer to your access to documents requests, registered under the above
mentioned reference numbers.
Both of your applications are currently being handled, however, as you
have noticed we were not able to complete the handling of your application
within the time limit which expired on 28/04/2014.
An extended time limit is needed as your application as your application
concerns large number of documents. All of these documents need to be
assessed individually. Such a detailed analysis together with the need to
consult the third parties concerned in accordance with Article 4(4)cannot
be carried out within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of
Regulation 1049/2001.
Article 6(3) provides that "in the event of an application relating to a
very long document or to very large number of documents, the institution
concerned may confer with the applicant informally, with a view to finding
a fair solution".
Based on this provision, and taking into account your request to extend
the request for documents (GestDem No 2014/1422) to the current round of
negotiations, as well as, having consulted the unit in charge of
collecting the material, we would like to propose you end of June as a new
deadline, for both requests. If we are able to reply sooner we will make
sure you receive replies as soon as possible.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Indre
Access to Documents
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/trade/images/ec-logo...
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 3/3
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 61 07
References
Visible links
Dear Indre Vaicekauskaite (DG Trade)
thank you for your reply of 5th May in which you propose the end of June as a new deadline.
As far as I know there is no requirement for documents to be released in a single batch. Since you are processing my request for about two months I am sure that you have cleared quite a considerable number of documents already which are thus ready to be released.
I therefore kindly ask you to release these documents in a first instalment. As for the rest of the requested documents I suggest a release cycle of two weeks resulting in a maximum total of five instalments until the end of June 2014.
The prioritisation of documents of course remains at your discretion, although a precise timeline for when the documents will be released together with a list of documents falling under my request would be much appreciated.
I am looking forward to receiving this timeline and list together with the first instalment of documents on Monday, 12th May 2014, at the latest.
With kind regards,
Florian Wagner.
Dear Trade (TRADE),
it's been three months since I received a reply from you and more than a month over your self-proposed deadline for fulfilling my request. I hereby kindly request a status update.
Yours sincerely,
Florian Wagner
