Ref. Ares(2020)1862860 - 01/04/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
Directorate B - Internal Energy Market
B.1 - Networks & Regional Initiatives
Brussels 31/03/2020
ENER.B.1/JB/IM(2020)2075835
Mrs Frida Kieninger
Food & Water Europe
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
Brussels 1050
Belgium
Advance copy by email : ask+request-7686-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Madam,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/0097
We refer to your e-mail dated 19/02/2020 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 19/02/2020 under the above mentioned reference number.
You request access to:
- all communications (which includes emails, letters or faxes etc.);
- all records of meetings (meeting agenda, participants, briefing papers and
minutes)
between the former and current Commissioner for Energy as well as his/her cabinet
and officials and representatives of DG Energy with the EU Parliament (MEPs,
assistants, advisors, secretariat and any other staff) concerning the topic of the Union
list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI list) between 1 August 2019 and 19
February 2020.
We consider your request to cover documents ranging from 1 August 2019 held up to the
date of your application, i.e. 19/02/2020. Your application concerns the documents listed in
Annex.
Having examined the documents and the attachment requested under the provisions of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, I have come to the
conclusion that they can be disclosed.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 06/145 - Tel. direct line +32 229-59925
xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Please note that Ares (2020)1530145, Ares (2020)1530200 are preliminary drafts which do
not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
Please note that Ares (2020)1530309, Ares (2020) 1529945, Ares(2020)1531104, Ares
(2020)1816452, Ares(2020)1826472, Ares(2020)1823705 were drawn up for internal
use under the responsibility of the relevant officials of the Directorate-General for
Energy. It solely reflects the author's interpretation of the interventions made and does
not set out any official position of the third parties to which the document refers, which
was not consulted on its content. It does not reflect the position of the Commission and
cannot be quoted as such.
Some parts of the documents and e-mails enclosed have been withheld as disclosure is
prevented by exceptions concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the
individual pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because it contains
the following personal data:
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the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
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the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons;
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handwritten signatures/abbreviated signatures of natural persons;
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other information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person [email
address].
Yours sincerely,
Joachim BALKE
Head of Unit
e-signed
Enclosure:
copy of the documents and e-mails requested
c.c.:
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Electronically signed on 31/03/2020 19:14 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563