Meetings and correspondence between DG ENER and Exxon(Mobil)
Dear DG Energy,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents containing the following information:
- a list of meetings between representatives and/or officials of DG ENER and the company ExxonMobil as well as consultancies acting on their behalf – between September 1st 2015 and August 25th 2016
- Minutes or other forms of reporting of those meetings
- All correspondence, also emails, between representatives and/or officials of DG ENER and the company ExxonMobil as well as consultancies acting on their behalf – between September 1st 2015 and August 25th 2016
Please make sure that all documents are sent as soon as they are found in batches rather than waiting for the entirety of the request to be met.
Do not hesitate to get back to me should you need any further information.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours sincerely,
Frida Kieninger
Due to the holiday period in August, some delays may occur in the
treatment of your access-to-documents request, especially where the
processing of data requires the consultation of national administrations,
external organisations or other services.
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Pendant la période des congés en août, certains retards peuvent se
produire dans le traitement de votre demande d'accès aux documents, en
particulier lorsque le traitement des données exige la consultation des
administrations nationales, d’organisations extérieures ou d’autres
services.
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Während der Ferienzeit im August könnten Verzögerungen bei der Bearbeitung
Ihres Antrags auf Zugang zu Dokumenten auftreten, insbesondere wenn die
Berarbeitung die Konsultierung der nationalen Verwaltungen, externer
Organisationen oder anderer Dienststellen erforderlich macht.
Dear Ms Kienninger,
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
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
Dear DG Energy,
My address is 26, rue d Edimbourg, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Yours faithfully,
Frida Kieninger
Dear Mrs Kieninger,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 25/08/2016. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 25/08/2016 under reference number GESTDEM 2016/4716
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
15/09/2016. 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
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 – Transparency
Dear Ms Kieninger,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref
GestDem No 2016/4716
We refer to your e-mail dated 25/08/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on the same day under the above-mentioned
reference number. In your application you requested access to:
- a list of meetings between representatives and/or officials
of DG ENER and the company ExxonMobil as well as consultancies acting on
their behalf – between September 1st 2015 and August 25th 2016
- Minutes or other forms of reporting of those meetings
- All correspondence, also emails, between representatives
and/or officials of DG ENER and the company ExxonMobil as well as
consultancies acting on their behalf – between September 1st 2015 and
August 25th 2016
Your application concerns possibly a very large number of documents, which
need to be assessed individually. Such a detailed analysis cannot be
carried out within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of
Regulation 1049/2001. Moreover, the handling of your request involves the
assessment of possibly very long and voluminous documents originating from
third parties. The analysis of this/these document(s), together with the
need to consult the third parties concerned in accordance with Article
4(4) and 4(5) of Regulation 1049/2001, cannot be expected to be completed
within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of Regulation
1049/2001.
However, the Regulation also provides for a possibility to confer with
applicants in order to find a fair solution when an application relates to
a very long document or concerns a very large number of documents. Article
6(3) provides that in the event of an application relating to a very long
document or to very large number of documents, the institution concerned
may confer with the applicant informally, with a view to finding a fair
solution.
In accordance with the case law of the EU Courts, such a solution can only
concern the content or the number of documents applied for, not the
deadline for replying. This means that the scope of the request must be
reduced in a way that would enable its treatment within the extended
deadline of 15 + 15 working days.
Based on the above-mentioned provision, we would kindly ask you to specify
the objective of your request and your specific interest in the documents
requested (i.e. the subject matter of meetings/correspondence you refer
to).
In order to enable us to respect the time-limits of Regulation 1049/2001,
we would ask you for a swift reply to our invitation to propose a fair
solution, within five working days at the latest:
· by email to: [1][email address]
If you have any questions concerning the invitation, you can contact us:
· by email at: [2][email address]
· by telephone at: (+32) (0) 22 98 17 47
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
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European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
Dear DG Ener,
I order to specify my request, I reformulated my original questions:
Please provide me with
- a list of meetings between representatives and/or officials
of DG ENER and the company ExxonMobil as well as consultancies acting on
their behalf concerning the following topics: liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas, energy and trade as well as fracking (hydraulic fracturing) – between September 1st 2015 and August 25th 2016
- Minutes or other forms of reporting of those meetings
- All correspondence, also emails, between representatives
and/or officials of DG ENER and the company ExxonMobil as well as
consultancies acting on their behalf concerning the following topics: liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas, energy and trade as well as fracking (hydraulic fracturing)– between September 1st 2015 and
August 25th 2016
Yours faithfully,
Frida Kieninger
Dear Ms Kieninger,
Your application for access to documents, registered under the above
mentioned reference number, is currently being handled. However, we are
not in a position to complete the handling of your application within the
time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 15/09/2016.
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 06/10/2016.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
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European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
From: SG DOSSIERS ACCES
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:46 PM
To: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: FW: access to documents request - Meetings and correspondence
between DG ENER and Exxon(Mobil) - GESTDEM 2016/4716
Chers collègues,
Je vous prie de bien vouloir traiter la demande d'accès aux documents
ci-dessous.
Je me permets de vous rappeler que le délai impératif de réponse est de 15
jours ouvrables à partir de l'enregistrement de la demande (délai
15/09/2016).
Bien cordialement.
DANIEL VANCAMPENHOUT
Assistant
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 – Transparency
Dear Ms Kieninger,
With regard to your document access requests registered under GestDem
2016/4716 , please find attached the requested documents.
Kind Regards,
Marius Preda
European Commission
DG Energy
Internal Energy Market
Unit B4 – Security of Supply
DM24 06/058
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 54 521
[1][email address]