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Ref. Ares(2023)8665045 - 18/12/2023 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Secretariat-General Directorate C - Transparency, Efficiency and Resources SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents Brussels, Vicky Cann Rue d'Edimbourg 26 1050 Brussels By email only with acknowledgment of receipt: ask+request-12811b7af2819@asktheeu.org Subject: Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - EASE 2023/2069 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 of 31 March 2023, registered on 4 April, in which you requested access to: `1. A list of all meetings/ discussions since 14 October 2020 between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, or think tanks where these topics were discussed. 2. Any records, minutes or notes of these meetings/discussions. 3. All correspondence since 14 October 2020, where these topics were 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 7 November 2023. 1 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43. In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 14 December 2023 (under reference number Ares(2023)8578113). 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 14 December 2023. Yours sincerely, Mariusz Daca Deputy Head of Unit Electronically signed on 14/12/2023 14:14 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121