Ref. Ares(2022)2064427 - 21/03/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
Directorate A - Energy policy: Strategy and Coordination
A.5 - Planning and Legal Affairs
Brussels, 21 March 2022
ENER/ACB(2022)2154343
By registered letter with acknowledgment of
receipt
Roxburgh Venetia
40 Bermondsey Street,
London
United Kingdom
Advance copy by email :
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Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/3345
Dear Ms Roxburgh,
We refer to your email of 20 May 2021 in which you make a request for access to documents,
registered on 21 May 2021 under the above-mentioned reference number.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in replying to your request, due to the exceptional
workload related to the ‘Delivering the European Green Deal’ legislative package.
You request access to:
All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance lists,
agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and minutes/notes) relating to the meeting
listed below:
1. Between Cefic and Kitti Nyitrai, Cabinet member of Kadri Simson, on the 15th February 2021
2. Between Cefic and Commissioner Kadri Simson, on the 15th February 2021
3. Between Cefic and Commissioner Kadri Simson, on the 12th May 2020
4. Between Cefic and Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General ENER on the 31st January 2020
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 07/004 - Tel. direct line +32 229-67304
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Your application concerns the following documents:
Ares reference
Date
Title
Ares(2019)7924139
06/12/2019
CONGRATULATIONS+POSSIBLE MEETING REQUEST KS
- Open Date (Brussels) - With CEFIC President & Director-
General [FERRARI Daniele-MENSIK Marco 06/12/2019
Ares(2020)2311044
30/04/2020
positive reply] CONGRATULATIONS+POSSIBLE MEETING
REQUEST KS - Open Date (Brussels) - With CEFIC
Ares(2020)2530308
12/05/2020
Meeting minutes Kadri Simson with CEFIC and chemical
industry CEOs
Ares(2021)432582
18/01/2021
VTC REQUEST KS open date - with Martin Brudermueller
CEO of BASF and new Cefic President - Hydrogen final
presentation
Ares(2021)671654
27/01/2021
[positive reply] VTC REQUEST KS open date - with Martin
Brudermueller CEO of BASF and new Cefic President
Ares(2021)1326243
15/02/2021
Minutes of the Meeting Kadri Simson with CEFIC Martin
Brudermüller
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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
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email to:
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Yours faithfully,
(e-signed)
Anne-Charlotte BOURNOVILLE
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 21/03/2022 18:59 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121