Access to documents request: June 1 meeting between Kadri Simson and E.ON SE
Dear Sir or Madam,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
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 June 1 between Kadri Simson and E.ON SE. In addition I would like any documents relating to the June 1 meeting between Stefano Grassi and Thor-Sten Vertmann and E.ON SE. It is unclear from Commission disclosures whether these were in fact a single meeting or separate meetings so I have included both here for the sake of clarity.
In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.
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.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would 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.
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email or on +44 7525 592 738. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Barnaby Pace, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours sincerely
Barnaby Pace
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 12 July 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
12/07/2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/4494.
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Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG.C1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
[email address]
Dear Mr Pace,
We refer to your e-mail of 12 July 2021 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 12 July 2021 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 on 03
August 2021.
An extended time limit is needed for thorough analysis as to the
availability of the documents 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 24 August 2021.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
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European Commission
DG Energy
DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
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Dear [email address],
This request is now long overdue, with the extended deadline now being missed. By law, under all circumstances I should now have received the information requested. Can you advise if you will be able to respond immediately? Otherwise I will have to file an internal review.
Yours sincerely,
Barnaby Pace
Dear Energy,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Access to documents request: June 1 meeting between Kadri Simson and E.ON SE'.
This request is now long overdue. Under the law under all circumstances the authority should now have responded to this request.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/acce...
Yours faithfully,
Barnaby Pace
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 27 August 2021 by which you request,
pursuant to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, a review of the position
taken by DG ENER in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/4494.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 30 August 2021 (Ares(2021)5350274).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (20/09/2021). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.
Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
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Dear Mr Pace,
We refer to your email of 27 August 2021, registered on 30 August 2021,
by which you submitted a confirmatory application in accordance with
Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents[6]^[1] ("Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001").
Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expires on 20 September 2021. The new deadline
expires on 11 October 2021.
Please accept our sincere apologies for this delay. We apologise for this
delay and for any inconvenience this may cause but we would like to assure
you that we will do our utmost to provide you with a reply as soon as
possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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[8][1] Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
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Dear Mr Pace,
We refer to your email of 27 August 2021, registered on 30 August 2021,
by which you submitted a confirmatory application in accordance with
Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents[5]^[1] ("Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001"). We also refer to our holding letter of 20 September
2021.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to gather all the elements needed to
carry out a full analysis of your request and to take a final
decision. Therefore, we are not in a position to reply to your
confirmatory request within the prescribed time limit which expires on 11
October 2021.
Please accept our sincere apologies for this delay. We apologise for this
delay and for any inconvenience this may cause but we would like to assure
you that we will do our utmost to provide you with a reply as soon as
possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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[7][1] Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
I note that over two months have now passed since I filed a confirmatory application and over four months since the original request for information. Are you able to give an update?
Yours sincerely,
Barnaby Pace
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Dear Mr Pace,
Thank you for your email.
Please accept our sincere apologies for this delay. Please be assured that
the work regarding your request is fully ongoing and we hope to provide
you with a reply as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - cr
SG.C.1
Transparency
Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,
I note that this confirmatory application is now very long overdue with no further update for many months. I would request that you provide an immediate update.
Yours sincerely,
Barnaby Pace
[1]RE: Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
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Dear Mr Pace,
Thank you very much for your message.
We regret the delay in responding to your application. The delay is due to
internal discussions between services which are still ongoing.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and we will do our utmost to
reply to you as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,
I have still not received a full response to this request even though it is extremely overdue and over two months have passed since your last message. Could you provide an update?
Yours sincerely,
Barnaby Pace
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Ares(2022)4070296 (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
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Dear Mr Pace,
Thank you very much for your message.
Please accept our apologies for this delay once again. Unfortunately, the
internal discussions in relation to your request between services are
still ongoing.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and we will do our utmost to
reply to you as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
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Dear Mr Pace,
We refer to your e-mail of 12/07/2021, in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 12/07/2021 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Please find attach the reply to your initial request.
Kind regards,
DG Energy
DG ENERGY – Access to Documents Team
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached an advance copy of the reply to your confirmatory
request for access to documents registered under the number 2021/4494.
We would be grateful if you could confirm receipt of the attached document
by return e-mail.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
SG.C1 ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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