Access to Documents related to Hydrogen and CCS /CCUS
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and referring to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note), I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
1- all correspondence (including email) between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between President von der Leyen (EC) and/or her cabinets and/or officials from the EC Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard, in which the issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
2 - list of meetings between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between officials and representatives of EC Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard on the other, in which issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
3 - minutes of the meetings mentioned above
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should the Commission’s search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
To the extent possible, we prefer the documents in electronic format. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Re:Common, via dei Sardi 28, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Elena Gerebizza
Re:Common
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Dear Elena Gerebizza,
Thank you for your e-mail of 17/07/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
22/07/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/4441.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
12/08/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.
Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
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rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
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Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
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Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
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If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence. In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[1]Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
[2]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
Dear Mrs Gerebizza,
We refer to your e-mail of 17/07/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 22/07/2020 under reference number
GESTDEM 2020/4441.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 12/08/2020.
An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
held by different Services, which must be consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 02/09/2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to documents teams
Secretariat-General Unit E2
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From: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 9:56 AM
To: 'Elena Gerebizza' <[FOI #8379 email]>
Subject: Your request for access to documents - GESTDEM 2020/4441 //
access to Documents related to Hydrogen and CCS /CCUS
Dear Elena Gerebizza,
Thank you for your e-mail of 17/07/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
22/07/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/4441.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
12/08/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.
Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.
We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).
Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.
If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence. In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[1]Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
[2]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
I refer to your request dated 22/07/2020, registered 22/07/2020, in which
you make a request for access to documents under the above mentioned
reference
number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to
complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15
working days, which
expired on 12/08/2020.
An extended time limit is needed as the handling of your application could
not yet be
completed at this stage. I apologise for any inconvenience this delay may
cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit E.2
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[4]Ares(2020)4553182 - FW: Your access to documents request GESTDEM
2020/4441 - deadline extension
Sent by ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG) <[email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG) <[email address]>. Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
Please be informed that in the message sent to you on 01/09/2020 we were
referring to the extended deadline set for 02/09/2020. The deadline
expires today however due to the summer break we were not in position to
complete the handling of your application. As soon as the reply is ready,
you will be notified about it. I apologise for any inconvenience this
delay may cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit E.2
From: SG UNITE E2
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 6:53 AM
To: '[FOI #8379 email]'
<[FOI #8379 email]>
Cc: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: Your access to documents request GESTDEM 2020/4441 - deadline
extension
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
I refer to your request dated 22/07/2020, registered 22/07/2020, in which
you make a request for access to documents under the above mentioned
reference
number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to
complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15
working days, which
expired on 12/08/2020.
An extended time limit is needed as the handling of your application could
not yet be
completed at this stage. I apologise for any inconvenience this delay may
cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit E.2
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Dear ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG),
I refer to your message dated September 2nd 2020 referring to my request dated 22/07/2020.
The EC Secretariat General should have responded by now, I therefore request an internal review
Yours sincerely,
Elena Gerebizza
Please find attached document Ares(2020)5070784 from ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG.DSG2.E.2) dated 28/09/2020.
Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2020)5070784 de ve_sg.dsg2.e2 (SG.DSG2.E.2) daté du 28/09/2020.
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Access to Documents related to Hydrogen and CCS /CCUS'.
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note), I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
1- all correspondence (including email) between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between President von der Leyen (EC) and/or her cabinets and/or officials from the EC Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard, in which the issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
2 - list of meetings between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between officials and representatives of EC Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard on the other, in which issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
3 - minutes of the meetings mentioned above
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should the Commission’s search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
To the extent possible, we prefer the documents in electronic format. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Re:Common, via dei Sardi 28, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this confirmatory application.
Even considering SG responses of September 1 and 2 to justify the delay, I find unacceptable that the requested documents have not been disclosed yet (after over 2 months from my original request dated July 22nd 2020).
Thank you for your assistance.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/acce...
Yours faithfully,
Elena Gerebizza
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your email.
Please be informed that a reply to your initial request for access to documents - Gestdem 2020/4441 - has been sent to you by the Secretariat- General on 28/09/2020 (see attach.).
Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
Berl. 07/251