Ref. Ares(2022)6622718 - 26/09/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
The Director
Brussels
SG.D/ER
Ms Belen Balanya
Corporate Europe Observatory
send by e-mail: ask+request-10976-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Ms Balanya,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2022/2051
We refer to your request addressed to the Commission to access documents, dated
7/04/2022, registered on 7/04/2022 under the following reference number: GESTDEM
2022/2051.
Please find enclosed documents falling within the scope of your request, namely copies
of correspondence since 1 February 2022 between President Von der Leyen, and/or her
Cabinet members with representatives from the oil and gas industry, energy industrial
users, hydrogen and biomethane industry, trade groups and/or lobby/PR firms in which
the EU’s response to the war in Ukraine, particularly the REPower EU Communication,
was discussed, as well as copies of documents relevant to meetings held with those
organisations including presentations and policy papers.
Please note that in line with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the
attached document, all personal data has been redacted. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
In case you disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting the
Commission to review this position. Such a confirmatory application should be addressed
within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General Transparency unit SG-C.l
BERL 7/076
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
e-signed
Elisa Roller
Enclosures: Documents falling within the scope of your request.
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Electronically signed on 26/09/2022 15:21 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121