Ref. Ares(2023)844938 - 06/02/2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
Directorate A – Energy policy: Strategy and Coordination
A.1 – Interinstitutional, Policy Coordination and Planning
The Head of Unit
Brussels, 03/02/2023
MP ener.a.1(2023)1188136
Ms Lora Verheecke
Rue du Bronze 9
1070 Brussels
By email: ask+request-11884-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Your application for access to documents – 2022/5594
Dear Ms Verheecke,
We refer to your request for access to European Commission documents registered on 30
September 2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to
all documentation (including but not limited to all email
correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts and
recordings) AND the meeting minutes/notes relating to the meetings between Kadri
Simson and Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S) on 19th May 2022.
The following documents fall within the scope of your application:
Nr Stakeholder Ares
Date
Title
1
Gas
Ares(2022)1241495
18/02/2022 Release
of
GD4S
Distributors
Sustainability
Charter
for
'Decarbonising the gas
Sustainability
grid as a key enabler for a
(GD4S)
climate neutral society'
2
Gas
Ares(2023)530440
08/04/2022 POSITIVE REPLY FOR
Distributors
MEETING Release of
for
GD4S
Sustainability
Sustainability
Charter
'Decarbonising
(GD4S)
the gas grid as a key
enabler for a climate
neutral society'
3
Gas
Ares(2022)3901190
23/05/2022 Release
of
GD4S
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 08/084 – Tel. direct line +32 229-62496
Distributors
Sustainability
Charter
for
'Decarbonising the gas
Sustainability
grid as a key enabler for a
(GD4S)
climate neutral society':
Thank you letter
4
Gas
Ares(2023)531053
19/05/2022 Minutes of the Meeting
Distributors
with GD4S of 19 May
for
2022
Sustainability
(GD4S)
Having examined the documents requested under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, I have come to the conclusion that the
documents listed above may be partially disclosed.
In fact, a complete disclosure of the identified documents is prevented by the exception
concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual outlined in Article
4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because they contain the following personal data:
-
the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
-
the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you
for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that
the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put forward
any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a specific purpose
in the public interest.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has not
been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data concerned.
In addition, please note that documents originating from third parties, which have been
consulted, are disclosed to you based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this
disclosure is without prejudice to the rules on intellectual property, which may limit your
right to reproduce or exploit the released documents without the agreement of the
originator, who may hold an intellectual property right on them. The European
Commission does not assume any responsibility from their reuse.
With reference to documents originating from Commissioner Simson and/or her Cabinet,
we are awaiting contribution from the Cabinet and will be able to complement this reply
only once we receive it.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
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Such a confirmatory application should be addressed to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter. You can submit it in one of
the following ways:
by asking for a review via your portal1 account (available only for initial requests
submitted via the portal account),
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Electronically signed
Paula Abreu Marques
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https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
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Electronically signed on 03/02/2023 16:34 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121