Clima - rePower
To DG Clima
From: Belen Balanya, Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.
7 April 2022 RE: Access to Documents related rePower
Dear sirs,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation', I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
1- all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st February 2022 between Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG Clima with representatives from the oil and gas industry, energy industrial users, hydrogen and biomethane industry, trade groups and/or lobby/PR firms in which the EU’s response to Ukraine invasion, particularly the rePower communication was discussed.
2 - list of meetings since since since 1st February 2022 between Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG Clima with representatives from the oil and gas industry, energy industrial users, hydrogen and biomethane industry, trade groups and/or lobby/PR firms in which the EU’s response to Ukraine invasion, particularly the rePower communication was discussed.
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 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
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Dear Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail of 7 April 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 11
April 2022 under reference numbers
- GESTDEM 2022/2106: DG CLIMA
- GESTDEM 2022/2108: SG
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 5 May 2022. 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
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If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
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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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[5]Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1
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[5]Your application for access to documents with ref GESTDEM 2022/2106 -
extension of deadline - Ares(2022)3365099 (Please use this link only if
you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes
un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Ms Balanya,
We refer to your e-mail of 7 April 2022, in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 11 April 2022 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 5 May 2022.
An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties, which have been consulted.
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 31 May 2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
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European Commission
Directorate-General Climate Action
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[4]Access to documents request - extension of the deadline - GESTDEM
2022/2108 - Ares(2022)3460550 (Please use this link only if you are an
Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e)
utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mrs Balanya
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 11.04.2022
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.
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 01.06.2022.
We thank you for your comprehension and apologise for this delay and for
any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
SG D2 Secretariat
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preparation - Ares(2022)4117303 (Please use this link only if you are an
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utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mrs Balanya,
We refer to your request for access to documents registered on 11.04.2022
under the above mentioned reference number and to our extension of the
deadline email sent on 05.05.2022.
Your application is currently being handled.
However, we will not be in a position to complete the handling of your
application within the extended time limit.
Our colleagues make every effort to come back to you in the best delay
with the reply to your request.
We thank you for your comprehension and apologise for this delay and for
any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
SG D2 Secretariat
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Dear SG UNITE D-2,
Thanks for your response. However only says "Our colleagues make every effort to come back to you in the best delay with the reply to your request."
Could you be more precise as to when will you disclose the documents?
Yours sincerely,
Belen Balanya
Dear Ms Balanya
We invite you to acknowledge good receipt of this email within 5 working days.
Best regards
SG.D2
