Ref. Ares(2020)2411544 - 07/05/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
The Director-General
Brussels
ENER/DJ/AV(2020)2421884
By registered letter with acknowledgment of
receipt
DADCI Lala Hakuma
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d´Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Advance copy by email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/0931
Dear Ms Dadci,
We refer to your e-mail dated 17/02/2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered under the above-mentioned reference number.
You request access to:
the minutes of the following meetings:
1)
30/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and Enagas about European
Green Deal; decarbonisation of gas, hydrogen and reduction of methane emissions,
2)
20/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and BusinessEurope about EU
industrial competitiveness, carbon pricing mechanism,
3)
16/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and European Network of
Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) about European Green Deal
including possible contribution of gas, hydrogen; energy security,
4)
12/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and Global CCS Institute Ltd
(GCCSI) about European Green Deal, carbon capture and storage,
5)
12/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and European Network of
Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) about European Green Deal,
implementation of the clean energy package, sector integration, infrastructure,
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 08/084 - Tel. direct line +32 229-62496
xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
6)
11/02/20 between Kitti Nyitrai and Shell Companies (Shell) about Exchange of
views on decarbonisation,
7)
30/01/20 between Kitti Nyitrai Stefano Grassi and Enagás S.A. about European
Green Deal; decarbonisation of gas, hydrogen and reduction of methane emissions,
8)
30/01/20 between Thor-Sten Vertmann and Roundtable for Europe's Energy
Future (REEF) about Organizing a meeting of REEF and the Commissioner + REEF’s
views on the energy transition,
9)
21/01/20 between Thor-Sten Vertmann, Stefano Grassi and ELECTRICITE DE
FRANCE (EDF) about Discussion on the road to climate neutrality via innovation and
low-carbon technologies. EDF's role in European and global energy markets,
10)
21/01/20 between Kitti Nyitrai, Laure Chapuis-Kombos and Tellurian Trading
UK Ltd about global gas market developments,
11)
12/01/20 between Laure Chapuis-Kombos, Stefano Grassi and Global CCS
Institute Ltd (GCCSI) about European Green Deal, carbon capture and storage,
12)
09/01/20 between Stefano Grassi, Kitti Nyitrai and Gazprom (Gazprom) about
Courtesy meeting with discussion on the latest gas transit developments and Gazprom’s
views on the role of gas,
13)
08/01/20 between Kitti Nyitrai Thor-Sten Vertmann Stefano Grassi and European
Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) about European
Green Deal, implementation of the clean energy package, sector integration,
infrastructure.
Fully accessible document
For document n°12, we are glad to inform you that you can have full access. Please find
enclosed a copy of the document requested - Ares(2020)1126946.
Partially accessible documents
With regard to the documents n° 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13, we are glad to inform you
that you that you can have wide partial access, subject only to the redaction of personal data.
Please find enclosed redacted copies of the identified documents -
Ares(2020)786808,
Ares(2020)933610,
Ares(2020)935574,
Ares(2020)1210373,
Ares(2020)1210499,
Ares(2020)1935536, Ares(2020)1935555, Ares(2020)2227574.
Complete disclosure of these 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 it contains the following personal data:
- the name of Commission staff members not pertaining to the senior management;
-
the names 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.
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Documents not existing
For documents n° 5 and 8, the services of the Directorate General for Energy (“DG
Energy”) consulted the Cabinet of Commissioner Simson. The result of this search is that
no documents could be found that would correspond to the description in your request.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
Means of redress
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 within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the Commission at the following address:
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 faithfully,
(e-signed)
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
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Electronically signed on 29/04/2020 09:26 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563