Meetings with stakeholders on the Hydrogen Act and Hydrogen Backbone

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Dear Energy,

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:

- a list of all meetings between DG Clima and stakeholders on the Hydrogen Act (stand-alone hydrogen legislation eventually proposed by Hydrogen Europe in April 2021) and/or any other stand-alone hydrogen legislation, as well as the Hydrogen Backbone (proposed by Gas for Climate in July 2020 and updated in April 2021), covering July 2020 to the present day;

- minutes of all said meetings between DG Clima and stakeholders on the Hydrogen Act (stand-alone hydrogen legislation eventually proposed by Hydrogen Europe in April 2021) and/or any other stand-alone hydrogen legislation, as well as the Hydrogen Backbone (proposed by Gas for Climate in July 2020 and updated in April 2021), covering July 2020 to the present day;

- all correspondence between DG Clima and stakeholders on the Hydrogen Act (stand-alone hydrogen legislation eventually proposed by Hydrogen Europe in April 2021) and/or any other stand-alone hydrogen legislation, as well as the Hydrogen Backbone (proposed by Gas for Climate in July 2020 and updated in April 2021), covering July 2020 to the present day;

My address is:
Corporate Europe Observatory
Mundo B
26 Rue d'Edimbourg
Bruxelles 1050
Belgium

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido

Dear Energy,

I erroneously addressed the requests in the body of the letter to DG Clima rather than DG Ener. Please read the message as if it was written to DG Ener.

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido

ve_sg.accessdoc (SG), Generaldirektion Energie

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 7 May 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
07/05/2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/3031.

 

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 2 June 2021. In case this time limit needs
to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party 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.

 

Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
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We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).

 

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
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should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.

 

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
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Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG.C1

[email address]

 

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Dear Mr SABIDO,

 

We refer to your e-mail of 07 May 2021 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 07 May 2021 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 expired on O2
June 2021.

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 23 June 2021.

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

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European Commission

 

DG Energy

DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [2][email address]

 

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Dear [email address],

The second time limit has passed (23 June) and I have not received the documents nor a request to extend the time limit. Could you please update me on where we are with the request and when to expect the documents.

Yours sincerely,

Pascoe Sabido

Dear [email address],

Please can you inform me when you will be providing the documents? By law you should have responded by now.

Yours sincerely,

Pascoe Sabido

KOLINSKI Lukasz, Generaldirektion Energie

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Dear Mr Sabido,

 

The Directorate-General for Energy of the Commission has received your
request for access to documents related to Hydrogen4EU. We are currently
processing it.

Due to the nature of your request, we are seeking an agreement from the
third party related to the disclosure of the documents you asked for.

We will react to your request as soon as possible. Thank you for your
understanding.

 

Kind regards,

 

Lukasz KOLINSKI
Head of Unit

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European Commission
DG ENERGY
Unit C1 – Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy
Office: DM 24 07/004

 

Rue Jean-André De Mot, 24

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 69111

+32 473 853 624

 

 

 

 

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Dear Energy,

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 stakeholders on the Hydrogen Act and Hydrogen Backbone'.

The redaction of personal data went too far. In the justification letter, it claims that non-senior Commission staff had their names redacted. However, the redaction contains senior staff (Commissioner Simson).

It has also redacted other relevant information, such as which DG or department an individual is part of. This undermines the transparency of the functioning of the European Commission and its interaction with stakeholders (lobbyists).

The redactions go much further than simply protecting the identity of individuals and endanger trust in the institutions and their ways of working by trying to hide what should be public information on the interactions between Commission staff and registered lobbyists.

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

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Generaldirektion Energie

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your email dated 31 August 2021 by which you request,
pursuant to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, a review of the position
taken by DG JUST in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/3031

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 1 September 2021 (Ares(2021)5402887).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (22/09/2021). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.

Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.

Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)

 

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents

[5][email address]

 

 

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Dear Sir,

 

Please note that in the acknowledgement of receipt below there is a typo.

The first sentence should be read as follows:

 

Thank you for your email dated 31 August 2021 by which you request,
pursuant to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, a review of the position
taken by DG ENER in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/3031

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)

 

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents

[5][email address]

 

From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG ENER request email]>
Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 7:03 PM
To: Pascoe Sabido <[FOI #9452 email]>
Subject: Your confirmatory request GESTDEM 2021/3031 - Ares(2021)5447361

 

Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your email dated 31 August 2021 by which you request,
pursuant to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents, a review of the position
taken by DG JUST in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/3031

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 1 September 2021 (Ares(2021)5402887).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (22/09/2021). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.

Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.

Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (LC)

 

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG C.1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents

[6][email address]

 

 

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[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2021/3031 - 1st holding letter -
Ares(2021)5792441  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Mr Sabido,

 

I refer to your email of 31 August 2021, registered on 1 September 2021,
by which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.

 

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expires on 22 September 2021. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on
13 October 2021. However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to
provide you with a final reply within the next 15 working days.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

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Ares(2021)6261122  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
Svp, utilisez ce lien exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Mr Sabido,

 

I refer to your email of 31 August 2021, registered on 1 September 2021,
by which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.

 

I also refer to our holding reply of 22 September 2021, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. This
extended time limit expired on 13 October 2021.

 

I regret to have to inform you that we are not able to respond within the
extended time-limit, as we have not yet finalised internal consultations.
I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final
reply as soon as possible.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

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Dear Mr Pascoe Sabido,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
8627 as adopted by the European Commission on 23.11.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached documents by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

Carmen Balsa

 

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European Commission
Secretariat General
SG.B.2 - Written, Empowerment & Delegation Procedures
Tel. +32 2 29 91743
Email [2][email address]

 

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Dear Mr. Pascoe Sabido,

 

Unless we are mistaken, we have not received the confirmation of receipt
to the message addressed to you on the 24.11.2021.

 

Could you please check and confirm the receipt of the message and the
attached documents?

 

Many thanks in advance for your help.

 

Kind regards,

 

Carmen Balsa

 

 

European Commission

Secretariat General

SG.B.2 - Written, Empowerment & Delegation Procedures

Tel. +32 2 29 91743

Email [1][email address]

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 11:44 AM
To: [FOI #9452 email]
Cc: JARAIZ Julia (SG) <[email address]>; BALSA GARCIA Maria Del
Carmen (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2021)8627 final addressed to Mr Pascoe Sabido, Corporate Europe
Observatory, Mundo B

 

Dear Mr Pascoe Sabido,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
8627 as adopted by the European Commission on 23.11.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached documents by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

Carmen Balsa

 

[2]cid:image001.jpg@01D7AE32.C2BAD160
European Commission
Secretariat General
SG.B.2 - Written, Empowerment & Delegation Procedures
Tel. +32 2 29 91743
Email [3][email address]

 

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Dear Mr. Pascoe Sabido,

Your reply is very important for us.

Please, could you acknowledge the receipt of the document enclosed in this
message ?

Carmen Balsa

 

 

European Commission

Secretariat General

SG.B.2 - Written, Empowerment & Delegation Procedures

Tel. +32 2 29 91743

Email [1][email address]

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:06 PM
To: [FOI #9452 email]
Cc: JARAIZ Julia (SG) <[email address]>; BALSA GARCIA Maria Del
Carmen (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: REMINDER : C(2021)8627 final addressed to Mr Pascoe Sabido,
Corporate Europe Observatory, Mundo B

 

Dear Mr. Pascoe Sabido,

 

Unless we are mistaken, we have not received the confirmation of receipt
to the message addressed to you on the 24.11.2021.

 

Could you please check and confirm the receipt of the message and the
attached documents?

 

Many thanks in advance for your help.

 

Kind regards,

 

Carmen Balsa

 

 

European Commission

Secretariat General

SG.B.2 - Written, Empowerment & Delegation Procedures

Tel. +32 2 29 91743

Email [2][email address]

 

 

 

From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION <[3][email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 11:44 AM
To: [4][FOI #9452 email]
Cc: JARAIZ Julia (SG) <[5][email address]>; BALSA GARCIA Maria
Del Carmen (SG) <[6][email address]>
Subject: C(2021)8627 final addressed to Mr Pascoe Sabido, Corporate Europe
Observatory, Mundo B

 

Dear Mr Pascoe Sabido,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
8627 as adopted by the European Commission on 23.11.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached documents by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

Carmen Balsa

 

[7]cid:image001.jpg@01D7AE32.C2BAD160
European Commission
Secretariat General
SG.B.2 - Written, Empowerment & Delegation Procedures
Tel. +32 2 29 91743
Email [8][email address]

 

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Dear [email address],

I can confirm that I received both a hard copy and electronic copy of the reply.

Yours sincerely,

Pascoe Sabido