Ref. Ares(2023)845515 - 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)1189219
Ms Ciara Ellis
1 Long Ln
London
United Kingdom
By email: ask+request-12270-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – EASE 2022/7028
Dear Ms Ellis,
We refer to your e-mail of 2 December 2022 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 5 December 2022 under the above-mentioned reference
number.
You request access to
all documentation, including, but not limited to, attendance lists,
agendas, background papers, minutes/notes and email correspondence about or
summarising the following meetings between Director-General Henrik Hololei or the
Cabinet members of Commissioner Adina-Ioana Vălean with two organisations.
1. Meeting between Commissioner Kadri Simson and Anglo American on 14/06/2022 on
hydrogen and raw materials needed for the energy transition, and a presentation of
Anglo American's hydrogen-powered mining truck.
The following documents fall within the scope of your application:
Stakeholder
Ares
Date
Title
Anglo
Ares(2022)4593815 22/06/2022
Minutes of the Meeting between
American
Tatiana Marquez Uriarte and Anglo
American
representatives
on
14/06/2022
Ares(2023)387560
18/01/2023
Thank you for meeting the Anglo
American in Brussels
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 08/084 – Tel. direct line +32 229-62496
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:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
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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.
Please note that documents originating from third parties 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.
Access is granted to minutes of a meeting with external parties. This document was
drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the relevant service. It solely reflects
the service’s interpretation of the interventions made and does not set out any official
position of the third parties to which the document refers, which was not consulted on its
content. It does not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
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.
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),
1
https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
2
or by mail:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Electronically signed
Paula Abreu Marques
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Electronically signed on 03/02/2023 16:35 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121