Access to Documents related to Hydrogen and CCS /CCUS
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and referring to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note), I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
1- all correspondence (including email) between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between Commissioner Breton and/or his cabinets and/or officials from the DG Grow on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard, in which the issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
2 - list of meetings between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between officials and representatives of DG Grow on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard on the other, in which issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
3 - minutes of the meetings mentioned above
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should the Commission’s search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
To the extent possible, we prefer the documents in electronic format. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Re:Common, via dei Sardi 28, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Elena Gerebizza
Re:Common
Dear Ms Gerebizza
Thank you for your request for access to documents.
Unfortunately, you have not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and handling your request in line with the procedural requirements. Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience. Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the registration of your request.
You may of course use directly the electronic form for entering your request:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Best regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
my complete postal address is included in my original request.
I copy it again here below:
Re:Common
via dei Sardi 28
Roma, Rm 00185
Italy
Yours faithfully,
Elena Gerebizza
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
Thank you for your e-mail of 17/07/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
22/09/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/5626.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
13/10/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.
Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).
Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
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published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence. In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.
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Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[2]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning
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GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS would like to recall the message, "Acknowledgment of the receipt – Your request for access to documents, GestDem number 2020/5545 - Hydrogen and CCS /CCUS".
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
Thank you for your e-mail of 17/07/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
22/09/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/5626.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
13/10/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.
Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).
Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.
If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence. In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
Privacy statement – access to documents
[1]https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and....
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[2]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning
References
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Dear Ms Gerebizza,
We refer to your e-mail dated 17/07/2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 22/09/2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify concrete documents which would correspond to your request.
We therefore invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with more detailed information on the documents that you seek to obtain. Considering the wide scope of your request, could you please specify which aspects of hydrogen discussions are you interested in?
If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application, you can contact us by email to [email address].
In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to Regulation 1049/2001[1], the 15 working day time limit for handling your application will start running when we receive the requested clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
GROW Access to Documents Team
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 22/09/2020 under the above-mentioned reference number.
This is a kind reminder regarding our clarification request sent on 24 September 2020.
We would be grateful if you could specify which aspects of hydrogen discussions are you interested in by providing us with more detailed information on the documents that you seek to obtain.
In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to Regulation 1049/2001, the 15 working days time-limit for handling your application will start running again when we receive the requested clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Thanks for your response.
The fact that you are asking me to narrow the scope two months after my original request, it is already an unacceptable delay.
Please notice that my request concerns a very limited number of actors: IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard and not a general one like the 'gas industry'. My interest is to see the meetings and correspondence between those actors and DG GROW on the issues of hydrogen, CCS and CCUS, and is not for me to determine in relation with which piece of legislation or policy.
I'd really appreciate a prompt reaction to this message,
Yours faithfully,
Elena Gerebizza
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
Thank you very much for your reply to our clarification request.
In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 2 of the Detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the deadline of 15 working days for handling your application started running on 09/10/2020. The time limit will expire on 30/10/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
GROW ATD team
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 22/09/2020
under the above-mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today (30/10/2020).
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 23/11/2020.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning
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Dear Ms Gerebizza,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
above mentioned reference number.
The reply to your request could not be finalised today. Therefore, we are
not in a position to complete the handling of your application within the
extended time limit of 15 working days, which expires today (18/11/2020).
Please be reassured that we are doing our best to be able to send you the
reply as soon as possible.
We apologise for this additional delay and for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/01 – Coordination and Planning
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