All the meetings and discussions with Solvay for automotive sector

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Francesca Cicculli

Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

For the period between 1 January 2018 to date:

- a list of the meeting and/or calls between Solvay SA and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “electric vehicles ” and/or “batteries” were discussed.

The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;

- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;

- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings issued both in preparation and after the meetings took place.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology and Solvay SA, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “electric vehicles ” and/or “batteries”.

To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to explain the denial or all redactions 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.

Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Francesca Cicculli

Investigative Reporting Project Italy
Viale Giulio Cesare, 92 - 00192 ROMA

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Communications Networks, Content and Technology

Dear Madam,

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 03/11/2021 under reference number GESTDEM
2021/6540.

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 24/11/2021. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.

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Transparency

-----Original Message-----
From: Francesca Cicculli <[FOI #10171 email]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:49 PM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: access to documents request - All the meetings and discussions
with Solvay for automotive sector

Dear Communications Networks, Content and Technology,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in
Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the
following information:

For the period between 1 January 2018 to date:

- a list of the meeting and/or calls between Solvay SA and the
Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology,
including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “electric
vehicles ” and/or “batteries” were discussed.

The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational
affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;

- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;

- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings issued both in
preparation and after the meetings took place.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail
correspondence or telephone call notes) between the Directorate-General
for Communications Networks, Content and Technology and Solvay SA,
including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or
industry representative discussing “electric vehicles ” and/or
“batteries”.

To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to
explain the denial or all redactions 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.

Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving
your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Francesca Cicculli

Investigative Reporting Project Italy
Viale Giulio Cesare, 92 - 00192 ROMA

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Dear Ms Cicculli,

 

We refer to your request for access to documents, registered under the
abovementioned 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 today.

 

An extended time limit is needed as different services 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 15 December
2021.

 

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

 

Yours sincerely,

 

DG CONNECT Access to Documents Team

 

 

European Commission

DG Connect – ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

BU25 – Avenue de Beaulieu 25

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