contacts with fertilizer industry on ETS
Dear DG ENER
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 following:
- All correspondence (including e-mails) between the Commissioner for Energy and/or his cabinet and/or officials and representatives of DG ENER on one hand and representatives of fertiliser producers and fertilizer interest groups on the other hand (such as Fertilizer Europe, European Fertilizers Import Association, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, European Crop Care Association, Nutrient Platform, YARA S.A, Association for a better European Access to Nutrients, Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Fertilizantes (ANFFE), Association des Producteurs Européens de Potasse (APEP), Hellenic Fertilizer Association, CEN Technical Committee 260, European Consortium of the Organic-based Fertilizer Industry (ECOFI), European Organic Fertilizers Manufacturers Association (EUROFEMA), Alliance Européenne des Engrais Phosphatés (AEEP), European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC), Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), Mosaic, The Fertiliser Institute, International Fertiliser Industry Association, International Plant Nutrition Institute) concerning the issue of the EU Emission trading System and/or natural gas import and production and/or unconventional gas exploitation (shale gas/ "fracking").
- A list of all meetings between the above mentioned actors
- minutes of meetings listed 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, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
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 very much in advance,
Ronja Heise
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 (here in after "Aarhus Regulation")
Dear Ms Heise,
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:
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Best regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
Dear Energy,
Thank you very much for your fast response!
Please send me any document available in a digital version as such. If there are documents, that don't exist digitally I would prefer to send you my postal address via e-mail. Could you provide me with an contact e-mail address of your access to documents team?
best regards,
Ronja Heise
Dear Ms Heise,
Please send your postal address to:
[email address]
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit SG.B4 – Transparency
Dear Energy,
I mailed my postal address to the indicated e-mail address and look forward to the response to my request!
Best regards,
Ronja Heise
Dear Ms Heise,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 17/03/2017. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 20/03/2017 under GESTDEM 2017/1728 reference.
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
10/04/2017. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private 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.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
Dear Ms Heise,
Thank you for your request for access to documents.
We've noticed that you hadn't specified the timeframe in your request.
Could you please indicate the period you are interested in?
Many thanks in advance for your prompt reply!
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
_____________________________________________
From: SG DOSSIERS ACCES
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 2:19 PM
To: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: FW: access to documents request - contacts with fertilizer
industry on ETS - GESTDEM 2017/1728
Chers collègues,
Merci de bien vouloir prendre en charge cette demande d’accès aux
documents
Le délai est 10/04/2017
Notez que la même demande a été adressée au SG (GESTDEM 2017/1730)
Si vous considérez qu’une autre DG devrait traiter cette demande,
pouvez-vous svp nous avertir immédiatement par retour de courrier.
Nous pourrons ainsi réattribuer rapidement la demande, vu les délais
serrés prévus dans l’Article 7(1) du règlement 1049/2001
Merci pour votre précieuse collaboration,
DANIEL VANCAMPENHOUT
Assistant
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
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Dear Energy,
Please consider my request with regards to the time frame December 2014 until today (March 2017).
Thank you very much
Ronja Heise
Dear Ms Heise,
Your application for access to documents, registered under the above
mentioned reference number, is currently being handled. However, we were
not in a position to complete the handling of your application within the
time limit of 15 working days, which expired on 10/04/2017.
An extended time limit is needed for detailed query for 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 05/05/2017.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
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 Energy,
As I haven't heard from you - and the (extended) deadline for my request expired over a month ago - I wonder if you could send me any further information on the progress of my request?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ronja Heise
Dear Ms Heise,
An answer signed by our Director General has been sent to you on 15 May
2017 [Ref.: Ares(2017)2454940],
by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, to this address:
Ronja Heise
School of Global Studies
University Of Sussex
Falmer
BNI 9RH
United Kingdom
Attached a copy of the document:
And the Acknowledgment of receipt
If you need additional information, don't hesitate to contact us again.
PS/ Please let me know whether you have received this email.
Kind regards
Thierry Libert
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/010
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 80503