Ref. Ares(2021)3927718 - 16/06/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
SG.C.1/ED
By registered letter with AR
Mr Alex Cranston
1 Long Lane,
London SE1 4PG
United Kingdom
Copy by email:
ask+request-9571-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2021/0534
Dear Mr Cranston,
I refer to your e-mail of 26 May 2021, registered on the same day, in 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 documents1 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application of
28 January 2021 in which you requested:
‘All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, attendance
lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and minutes/notes) relating to
the meeting listed below:
1. Between Equinor ASA (EQNR) and the Cabinet members of Commissioner Kadri
Simson, Stefano Grassi and Thor-Sten Vertmann, on the 21st January 2021.’
The initial request 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 26 May 2021.
1 Official Journal L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 15 June 2021 (under
reference number Ares(2021)3892151).
Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory
application.
You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance with
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, should you wish to request a review of the
initial reply of 15 June 2021.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 16/06/2021 11:00 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482