Access to documents request: 2022-03-31 meeting between Frans Timmermans and Vattenfall

The request was partially successful.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:

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 March 31 between Frans Timmermans and Vattenfall.

In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.

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.

Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would 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.

If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email or on +44 7525 592 738. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Barnaby Pace, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely
Barnaby Pace

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Dear Mr Pace,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 14 April 2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered today
under reference number GESTDEM 2022/2355.

 

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 18
May 2022. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[5]Privacy statement – access to documents.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

CLIMA Access to Documents Team

 

 

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Dear Mr Pace,

 

We refer to your request for access to documents of 14 April 2022,
registered on 26 April 2022 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 expires on 18 May 2022.

 

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 13 June 2022.

 

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Access to Documents team

 

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Dear Climate Action,

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 request: 2022-03-31 meeting between Frans Timmermans and Vattenfall'.

This request is now long overdue and I have not received any updates from DG Energy.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/acces...

Yours faithfully,

Barnaby Pace

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Dear Mr Pace,

 

Please find enclosed a copy of our reply. We sincerely apologise for the
delay in treating your request.

 

We note that on 17 June 2022, you launched a confirmatory application as
you did not receive an initial reply from that Directorate-General for
Climate Action within the statutory time limits. Given that we have now
replied to your access to documents request, we would like to consult you
on whether you would like to maintain the confirmatory application
launched on 17 June 2022. In the absence of a reply, DG CLIMA will not
proceed the next stages of the confirmatory application.

 

You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance
with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, within 15 working days
upon receipt of this letter.

 

Sincerely,

 

Access to Documents team

 

    

European Commission

Directorate-General for Climate Action

Av. de Beaulieu 24

1049 Brussels

 

 

 

 

 

Dear [email address],

Thank you for your response. In light of this response I agree to drop the confirmatory application in this case.

Yours sincerely,

Barnaby Pace