Meetings with aramco and Formula 1

Cécile Marchand made this Informationsfreiheit request to Generaldirektion Klimapolitik

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Dear Climate Action,

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- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st March 2022 between First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and his cabinet's officials with representatives from aramco overseas company bv or Saudi Aramco or Boldt Partners or Formula 1 or with PR companies or law firms representing aramco overseas company bv or Saudi Aramco or Formula 1 in which "e-fuels", "liquid fuels", "electric vehicles" or "sustainable fuels" or "hydrogen" or legislation '2021/0197(COD): CO2 emission standards for cars and vans' were discussed.

2- All briefings, minutes of meetings, and correspondence between representatives of aramco overseas company bv or Saudi Aramco or Boldt Partners or Formula 1 or with PR companies or law firms representing aramco overseas company bv or Saudi Aramco or Formula 1 to Commissioner Gentiloni, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from the Vice President's office mentioning "e-fuels", "liquid fuels", "electric vehicles" or "sustainable fuels" or "hydrogen" or legislation '2021/0197(COD): CO2 emission standards for cars and vans' were discussed, since 1st March 2022.

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 would 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.

Yours faithfully,
Cecile Marchand

Dear Climate Action,

In addition to my previous message, please note my below postal address:

Cécile Marchand
European Climate Foundation
5 Rue Saint Fiacre
75002 Paris

Yours faithfully,

Cécile Marchand

CLIMA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 13/04/2023 and registered on 24/04/2023 under the case number
2023/2373.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 17/05/2023. 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,

Directorate-General for Climate Action - Access to Documents
European Commission

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CLIMA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Ms Marchand,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 24.04.2023 under case number EASE 2023/2373.

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 17.05.2023, since your application
concerns documents held by another Service.

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 09.06.2023

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

CLIMA Access to documents Team

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Cécile Marchand

Dear Climate Action,

Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.

I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Meetings with aramco and Formula 1'.

You acknowledged the receipt of my request for access to documents sent on 13/04/2023 and registered it on 24/04/2023 under the case number 2023/2373. After having extended the time limit by 15 additional working days, I should have received documents by the 09.06.2023. I didn't receive any reply from you since you extended the time limit by 15 additional working days. This is why I file a confirmatory application.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/meeti...

Yours faithfully,
Cécile Marchand

CLIMA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

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    Final reply 2023 2373 2374.pdf

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    1.F1 letter to Mr Samsom CO2 emission performance standards for passenger cars 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

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    2.Meeting request from Formula 1 CO2 emission performance standards 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

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Dear Ms Marchand,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/2373.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in handling your request.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

CLIMA Access to documents Team

CLIMA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

3 Attachments

  • Attachment

    Final reply 2023 2373 2374.pdf

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  • Attachment

    1.F1 letter to Mr Samsom CO2 emission performance standards for passenger cars 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

    470K Download View as HTML

  • Attachment

    2.Meeting request from Formula 1 CO2 emission performance standards 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

    451K Download View as HTML

Dear Ms Marchand,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/2373.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in handling your request.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

CLIMA Access to documents Team

CLIMA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

3 Attachments

  • Attachment

    Final reply 2023 2373 2374.pdf

    359K Download View as HTML

  • Attachment

    1.F1 letter to Mr Samsom CO2 emission performance standards for passenger cars 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

    470K Download View as HTML

  • Attachment

    2.Meeting request from Formula 1 CO2 emission performance standards 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

    451K Download View as HTML

Dear Ms Marchand,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/2373.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in handling your request.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

CLIMA Access to documents Team

CLIMA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

3 Attachments

  • Attachment

    Final reply 2023 2373 2374.pdf

    359K Download View as HTML

  • Attachment

    1.F1 letter to Mr Samsom CO2 emission performance standards for passenger cars 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

    470K Download View as HTML

  • Attachment

    2.Meeting request from Formula 1 CO2 emission performance standards 29.11.2022 Redacted.pdf

    451K Download View as HTML

Dear Ms Marchand,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/2373.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in handling your request.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

CLIMA Access to documents Team

Cécile Marchand

Dear Climate Action,

Hereby I acknowledge that I received the documents. Thank you very much.
Yours faithfully,

Cécile Marchand