Ref. Ares(2022)6241213 - 09/09/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
SG.C.1
By registered letter with AR
Mr Barnaby Pace
Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Copy by e-mail:
ask+request-11010-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/2230
Dear Mr Pace,
I refer to your e-mail of 17 June 2022, registered on 20 June 2022, in which you submit a
confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents1 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application of
14 April 2022, registered on 17 April 2022 in which you requested access to, I quote:
‘[a]ll documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes
(hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational
conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on
February 21 between Kadri Simson and ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA DEL GAS, Enagás
S.A., NATURGY ENERGY GROUP and Repsol, S.A.’.
The initial application was assigned to the Directorate-General for Energy. As you did
not receive an initial reply from the Directorate-General for Energy within the statutory
time limits, you submitted a confirmatory application on 20 June 2022.
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 18 August 2022 (under
reference number Ares(2022)5804005).
1 OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory application
related to the lack of initial reply.
You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, should you wish to request a review of the initial
reply of 18 August 2022.
Yours sincerely,
María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 08/09/2022 16:08 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121