Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

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:

1. A list of all meetings/ discussions since 1 September 2023 between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, think tanks, or consultancies where the issue of hydrogen (and derivatives and infrastructure) in and from South Africa was discussed.

2. Any records, minutes or notes of these meetings/discussions.

3. All correspondence since 1 September 2023, where the issue of hydrogen (and derivatives and infrastructure) in and from South Africa was discussed, exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, think tanks, or consultancies.

To the extent possible, my strong preference is to receive documents in electronic format.

I would also be grateful to receive the documents in batches, as soon as they are identified and available to send.

Please note that I am tabling this request separately to DG ENER, DG INTPA, DG CLIMA and the EEAS. I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

CEO

Rue d'Edimbourg 26

1050 Brx

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Generalsekretariat der Europäischen Kommission

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 25/06/2024 and registered on 25/06/2024 under the case number
2024/3374.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 16/07/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.

To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear applicant,

 

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 25/06/2024 under case number 2024/3374.

 

We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 16/07/2024.

 

Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 06/08/2024.

 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Kind regards,

 

SG D Secretariat

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

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Dear applicant,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/3374.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

SG D Secretariat

Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

thank you for your response to my request 2024/3374.

Unfortunately, I could only now go through the documents you released. And I am wondering whether you sent me the correct files. While they deal with hydrogen they have otherwise very little to do with my request, which was about lobby contacts relating to hydrogen in and from South Africa and to documents since 1 September 2023. Most of the documents you sent me are older and do not even mention South Africa (with one exception - Ares 2023 7269277 ANNEX SAGHS Team Europe Panel Proposed Building Blocks Redacted).

Could you please double-check whether you sent me the correct documents?

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Generalsekretariat der Europäischen Kommission

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
 
 

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