Ref. Ares(2022)8258199 - 29/11/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
SG.C.1
Barnaby Pace
Global Witness
c/o WeWork
Rue de Commerce 31,
1000, Bruxelles
Belgium
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Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 – GESTDEM 2022/2229
Dear Mr Pace
I am writing in reference to your confirmatory application registered on 17 June 2022,
submitted in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public
access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents 1 (hereafter 'Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001').
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application of
14 April 2022, registered on 17 April 2022, in which you requested to ‘all documents—
including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or
electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to
take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on February 18 between Kadri
Simson and Naftogaz of Ukraine’.
The initial request was assigned the Directorate-General for Energy. As you did not receive
an initial reply within the statutory time limits, you submitted a confirmatory application on
17 June 2022.
1 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 25 November 2022 (under
reference number Ares(2022)8176377).
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.
Yours sincerely,
Mariusz Daca
Deputy Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 28/11/2022 16:56 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121