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Ref. Ares(2023)7888083 - 20/11/2023 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Secretariat-General Directorate C - Transparency, Efficiency and Resources SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents Brussels, Vicky Cann Corporate Europe Observatory Rue d'Edimbourg 26 1050 Brussels By email only with acknowledgment of receipt: ask+request-12815b650f618@asktheeu.org Subject: Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - EASE 2023/2041 Dear Ms Cann, I am writing in reference to your confirmatory application registered on 8 November 2023, submitted in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents1 (hereafter 'Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001'). Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application, registered on 3 April 2023, in which you requested access to: `1. A list of all meetings/ discussions since 1 April 2022 between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, or think tanks where this topic was discussed. 2. Any records, minutes or notes of these meetings/discussions. 3. All correspondence since 1 April 2022, where this topic was discussed, exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, or think tanks.' The initial request was assigned to the DirectorateGeneral for Environment. As you did not receive an initial reply within the statutory time limits, you submitted a confirmatory application on 8 November 2023. 1 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43. Commission europenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGI - Tel. +32 22991111 In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 17 November 2023 (under reference number Ares(2023)7829799). Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory application related to the lack of initial reply. You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, should you wish to request a review of the initial reply of 17 November 2023. Yours sincerely, Mara Olivn Avils Head of Unit 2 Electronically signed on 20/11/2023 12:54 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121