Ref. Ares(2021)3562822 - 31/05/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
CLIMATE ACTION
Legal Affairs, Inter-Institutional Relations & Communication
Brussels
Barnaby Pace
Global Witness
Rue Belliard 53
1000, Bruxelles
Belgique
Advance copy by email: ask+request-9414-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2021/3059
Dear Mr Pace,
We refer to your e-mail dated 4 May 2021 in which you make a request for access to
documents, registered on 10 May 2021 under the above-mentioned reference number.
Your requested access to:
“
All 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 April
28 between Sarah Nelen and N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie”.
The following documents fall within the scope of your application:
Author
Date
Reference
1
N.V.
Nederlandse
Gasunie/European
21 March 2021
Commission
Ares(2021)2059627
2
N.V.
Nederlandse 21 March 2021
Gasunie
Ares(2021)2059627
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
3
N.V.
Nederlandse
Gasunie/European
19 April 2021
Commission
Ares(2021)2779187
4
N.V.
Nederlandse 19 April 2021
Gasunie
Ares(2021)2779187
5
N.V.
Nederlandse 19 April 2021
Gasunie
Ares(2021)2779187
Following an examination of the documents under the provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, I regret to inform you that a complete disclosure of the 1, 3 and 4 documents is
prevented by the exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the
individual outlined in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because it contains:
names and contact information of Commission staff members not pertaining to the senior
management; names and contact details of other natural persons and other information
relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation does not allow the transmission of these
personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to you for
a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume that the
legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. 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.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the documents 1, 3
and 4, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has not been
substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the individuals
concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data concerned.
In case you would 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
Secretariat-General
Unit C.1. ‘Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents’
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels, or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
2
Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
Luca DE CARLI
3
Electronically signed on 28/05/2021 10:20 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482
