Energy- Exxon+IOGP, gas, RED, 2030 targets, 2017-2019
From: Belen Balanya, Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.
1st April 2019 RE: Access to Documents related to gas/RED/2030 targets
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 following:
1- all correspondence (including email) between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2019 between the Commissioner for Energy and/or his cabinet and/or officials and representatives of DG Energy on one hand and representatives from ExxonMobil and/or the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) on the other, in which one or more of the following issues were addressed:
- the Gas winter package;
- the gas market design;
- the last review of the Renewable Energy Directive
- and the review of the 2030 climate and energy targets.
2 - list of meetings between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2019 between officials and representatives of DG Energy on one hand and representatives representatives from ExxonMobil and/or the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) on the other, in which in which one or more of the following issues were addressed:
- the Gas winter package;
- the gas market design;
- the last review of the Renewable Energy Directive
- and the review of the 2030 climate and energy targets.
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
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")
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Dear Belen Balanya,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 01/04/2019. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
02/04/2019 and assigned to the following Commission departments under
reference numbers:
* GESTDEM 2019/2032: Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)
* GESTDEM 2019/2034: Secretariat-General (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
26/04/2019. 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
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Best regards,
Gitte Louise Olsen
Access to documents team
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management &
Access to Documents
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Dear Ms Balanya,
l refer to your request dated 01/04/2019, registered on 01/04/2019, in
which
you make a request for access to documents 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 26/04/2019.
An extended time limit is needed as the handling of your application could
not yet be
completed at this stage.
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 21/05/2019.
l apologise for any inconvenience this delay may cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit E.2 – Natural Resources, Energy Union and Sustainability
Dear Ms Balanya,
We refer to your e-mail dated 01/04/2019 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 02/04/2019 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 26/03/2019.
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 21/05/2019.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
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European Commission
DG Energy
DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
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Dear Ms Balanya,
Following an error in the reply that was sent to you on 3 May 2019,
attached please find the documents you requested to the DG Energy of the
European Commission.
The [1]AsktheEU.org Team
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