Access to Documents related to minutes of meetings of Commissioner Cañete and his Cabinet
Brussels, 16 January 2018
Belen Balanya, Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels
Dear Climate Action,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
RE: Access to Documents related to minutes of meetings of Commissioner Cañete and his Cabinet
Dear sirs,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note) , I would herewith like to ask for access to the minutes and/or notes from the following meetings: (those meetings are some of the ones listed here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissi... )
Meetings of Commissioner Cañete with:
- BP on 18/07/17 in Brussels on future gas market developments
- Enagas SA on 17/07/17 in Madrid on European Gas Markets
- Italgas, Distrigaz Sud Retele, Gaz Réseau Distribution France (GRDF), Gas Natural Distribución (GND) on 05/05/17 in Madrid on the Clean energy package, gas market design
- Nord Stream 2 AG on 21/02/17 in Brussels on OPAL and Nordstream 2
- Eurogas on 07/11/16 in Brussels on gas and electricity markets
- Gas Natural Fenosa on 19/09/16 in Barcelona on electricity and gas markets
And meetings of Commissioner Cañete's Cabinet:
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero with Gas Natural Fenosa on 01/12/17 in Madrid on The amendment to the gas directive
- Joachim Balke with Ecofys Netherlands B.V. (Ecofys) on 17/10/20 in Brussels on gas markets
-Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero with Repsol SA on 27/09/17 in Brussels on gas policy in the EU
- Joachim Balke with Eni S.p.A on 08/06/17in Brussels on gas Infrastructure and Market Design
- Joachim Balke with Shellon 19/05/17 in Brussels on gas infrastructure
- Joachim Balke with Nord Stream 2 AG on 04/05/17 in Brussels on gas infastructure
- Joachim Balke and Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero with Gazprom on 15/03/17 in Brussels on the gas market
- Joachim Balke and Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero with Nord Stream 2 AG on 14/03/17in Brussels on Nord Stream
- Joachim Balke and Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero with Nord Stream 2 AG on 10/11/16 in Brussels on Nordstream state of play
- Joachim Balke with Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) on 28/06/16 in Brussels on Market design
- Joachim Balke and Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero with Nord Stream AG on 24/05/16 in Brussels on Nord Stream
- Gonzalo de Mendoza Asensi with Snam S.p.A. On 28/01/16 in Brussels on MidCAT state of play
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 Corporate Europe Observatory, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.
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.
Belen Balanya
Corporate Europe Observatory
Note: See Regulation (EC) n. 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community Institutions and bodies (hereinafter "Aarhus Regulation")
Yours faithfully,
Belen Balanya
Dear Sir or Madam,
Your request for access to documents has been registered. This message is
an acknowledgement of receipt. In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents, you will receive a reply within 15 working days (06/02/2018).
Document request:
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU
documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note) , I would herewith
like to ask for access to the minutes and or notes of the following
meetings: (those meetings are some of the ones listed here:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissi... )
Meetings of Maroš Šefčovič with: - ENGIE on 1/06/2017 in Brussels on
Nordstream2 - Naftogaz of Ukraine on 19/12/2016 in Brussels on the follow
up trilateral gas talks; gas sector reform Ukraine And meetings of Maroš
Šefčovič's Cabinet: -Bernd Biervert with Ecofys Netherlands B.V on
05/12/2017 in Brussels on the presentation of study "Gas for Climate - a
path to 2050" - Bernd Biervert with Nord Stream 2 AG on 30/06/2017 in
Moscow on Nord Stream 2 - Bernd Biervert with Shell on 30/06/2017 in
Moscow on Nord Stream and LNG Strategy - Dagmara Koska with ENGIE on
21/06/2017 in Brussels on Nordstream2 - Christian Linder with ENGIE on
02/06/2017 in Brussels on the gas market in Hungary - Bernd Biervert with
Nord Stream 2 AG on 15/11/2016 in Brussels on the state of play of Nord
Stream 2 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 Corporate
Europe Observatory, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels. 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. Belen Balanya Corporate Europe Observatory Note: See
Regulation (EC) n. 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the
Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in
Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to
Community Institutions and bodies (hereinafter "Aarhus Regulation")
Commission reference: 2018/0335
Due to a technical error, we have unfortunately not been able to detect
the language chosen in the application form. In case you wish to receive
the answer to your application in an official EU language other than EN,
could you please specify the language?
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency (SG.B.4)
Dear Climate Action,
My original application was sent on January 16th and you have only register it on February 1st? Those are already the 15 days you had to send the response, not to register it I believe.
And yes, English is the chosen language for you to send the answer,
Yours faithfully,
Belen Balanya
Dear Ms Balanya,
Your application for access to documents, registered under the above
mentioned reference number, is currently being handled. However, we are
not in a position to complete the handling of your application within the
time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 07/02/2018.
An extended time limit is needed for thorough analysis as to the
availability of the document requested.
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 28/02/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
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European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 62 44
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Dear Ms Balanya,
With regard to your document access request registered under Gestdem
2018/0355, please find attached the first part of requested documents with
personal data removed (blackened).
Second part of requested documents will be sent to you in the coming days.
Kind regards,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 62 44
Dear Ms Balanya,
With regard to your document access request registered under Gestdem
2018/0355, please find attached the second and last part of the requested
and identified documents.
As in the previous part, some personal data was removed (blackened),
unless it is publicly available on VP's website where meetings are listed.
Kind regards,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
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European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 80503
From: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
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To: [2][FOI #5048 email]
Cc: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: Access to documents Gestdem 2018/0335 - minutes of meetings VP
Dear Ms Balanya,
With regard to your document access request registered under Gestdem
2018/0355, please find attached the first part of requested documents with
personal data removed (blackened).
Second part of requested documents will be sent to you in the coming days.
Kind regards,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 62 44
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Dear Ms Balanya,
With regard to your document access request registered under Gestdem
2018/0384, please find attached the identified documents with some
personal data removed (blackened), unless it is publicly available on
Commissioner's website where meetings are listed.
Kind regards,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 80503