Access to documents request: 2022-05-24 meeting between Frans Timmermans and BP p.l.c.
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 May 24 between Frans Timmermans and BP p.l.c..
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 Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 08/06/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
10/06/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3372.
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European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
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Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team (cr)
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Dear Sir Barnaby Pace,
We refer to your e-mail of 08/06/2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered under reference number GESTDEM 2022/3372.
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 01/07/2022.
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 20/07/2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
The secretariat of Directorate D
Dear SG UNITE D-2,
Thank you for this response which I am happy to acknowledge receipt of.
Yours sincerely,
Barnaby Pace