(13) This Decision is without prejudice to the exercise of the right of access to documents of the institutions pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and the exercise of the rights of the data subject pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). It is also without prejudice to more enhanced transparency requirements or commitments resulting from Union legislation or international agreements concluded by the Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Decision establishes measures concerning the transparency of meetings that Commission staff holding management functions hold with interest representatives.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply:

(a) ‘Commission staff holding management functions’ means a Commission staff member holding a post corresponding to the type of post of Secretary-General, Director-General, Deputy Secretary-General or Deputy Director-General, Director or equivalent, Head of Unit or equivalent in the sense of Commission Decision C(2013)8979 of 16 December 2013 on types of post and post titles;

(b) ‘interest representative’ means any natural or legal person, or formal or informal group, association or network, that engages in activities carried out with the objective of influencing the formulation or implementation of policy or legislation, or the decision-making processes of the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies;

(c) ‘meeting’ means an encounter organised at the initiative of an interest representative or Commission staff holding management functions to discuss an issue related to the formulation or implementation of policy or legislation in the Union, without prejudice to Article 3.

Article 3

Exemptions

This Decision shall not cover the following meetings:

(a) spontaneous meetings, meetings of a purely private or social character and meetings taking place in the context of an administrative procedure established by the TEU or TFEU or legal acts of the Union;

(b) meetings held with:

(i) social partners acting as participants in social dialogue pursuant to Article 154 of the TFEU;

(ii) natural persons acting in a strictly personal capacity and not in association with others;

(iii) public authorities of Member States, including their permanent representations and embassies, at national and subnational level;

(iv) associations and networks of public authorities at Union, national or subnational level, on condition that they act exclusively on behalf of the relevant public authorities;

(v) intergovernmental organisations, including agencies and bodies emanating from them;

(vi) public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, except where such authorities are represented by legal entities, offices or networks without diplomatic status or are represented by an intermediary, as defined in point (e) of Article 2 of the Interinstitutional Agreement;

(vii) political parties, with the exception of any organisations created by or affiliated with political parties;

(viii)