Ref. Ares(2023)2079656 - 22/03/2023
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, 22/03/2023
MP ener.a.1(2023)3090000
Mr Barnaby Pace
Global Witness, c/o WeWork
Rue de Commerce 31 /
Handelsstraat 31
1000 Brussels
By email: ask+request-12648-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – EASE 2023/1267
Dear Mr Pace,
We refer to your e-mail of 23 February 2023 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 23 February 2023 under the above-mentioned reference
number.
You request access 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 2 between Helena Hinto and Edison Spa.
Your application concerns the following documents:
Nr. Stakeholder
Ares
Date
Title
1
Edison
Ares(2023)606081
26/01/2023 MEETING REQUEST KS
[February-March]
Brussels
BE - Meeting with CEO of
EDISON
to
talk
about
Edison’s initiatives to boost
security and competitiveness
of energy supply
2
Edison
Ares(2023)606081
26/01/2023 FW: Commissioner Simson -
CEO Nicola Monti: proposal
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
for a meeting
3
Edison
Ares(2023)1613155 06/03/2023 MEETING REQUEST HH
[02/02/2023] - Update on
EastMed-Poseidon
pipeline
project
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
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;
-
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.
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:
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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 Bruxelles
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Electronically signed
Paula Abreu Marques
1
https://www.ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request
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Electronically signed on 22/03/2023 14:03 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
