Contacts between DG ENER & the Energy Charter Secretariat

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Dear Madams & Sirs,

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:

1) minutes and other reports of meetings of DG ENER officials and/or representatives, in which the Secretary General and/ or other representatives of the Energy Charter Secretariat were present (since January 2019);

2) all correspondence (including emails, letters, phone conversations) between DG ENER officials and/or representatives and the Secretary General and/or other representatives of the Energy Charter Secretariat (since January 2019).

Yours faithfully,
Pia Eberhardt
Corporate Europe Observatory
26 rue d'Edimbourg
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
 
 
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[1]Ares(2020)1184509 - RE: access to documents request - Contacts between
DG ENER & the Energy Charter Secretariat --- ref. Gestdem 2020/1107

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Dear Madam,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 25/02/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
25/02/2020 under reference number GestDem 2020/1107.

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 17/03/2020. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is 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 European Commission. For further information
on your rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.

We understand that the third party running that website usually publishes
the content of applicants’ correspondence with the European Commission on
that website. This includes the personal data that you may have
communicated to the European 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 your correspondence with the European Commission to be
published on the AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an
alternative, private e-mail address for further correspondence.

In that case, the European Commission will send all future electronic
correspondence addressed to you only to that private address.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (RC)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

We refer to your e-mail dated 25/02/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 25/02/2020 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 17/03/2020.

An extended time limit is needed for thorough analysis as to the
availability of the documents requested.

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 07/04/2020. 

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

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

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European Commission

 

DG Energy

DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [2][email address]

 

 

 

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

We refer to your e-mail dated 25/02/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 25/02/2020 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 by the extended
deadline as part of the documents requested originate from third parties,
which have to be consulted.

Moreover, we would also like to inform you that the current extraordinary
circumstances also partially delay the handling of your request, as
connexion issues might arise.

 

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

 

Best regards,

 

 

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European Commission

 

DG Energy

DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [2][email address]

 

 

 

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Dear Madams and Sirs,
may I kindly ask you to update me on the status of this request (Gestdem 2020/1107)?
While I understand that the current circumstances provide a challenge to handling my request and consult third parties, more than 2 months have passed since I sent the request. Three weeks have passed since the extended deadline expired and you contacted me the last time. I would appreciate if you could indicate when I can expect the requested information.

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

Dear Ms Eberhardt,

The consultation of third parties is still ongoing.
However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final reply within the next two or three weeks.
I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours sincerely,

European Commission
DG ENERGY – Access to documents team

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Dear Madams and Sirs,

its now more than 3 months since I filed my request and nearly four weeks since you wrote to me that I could expect a response within 2 or 3 weeks. I would appreciate if you could send me the requested documents without any further delay.

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

Your application is currently being handled. A reply is prepared and is
being validated by our hierarchy.

 

You may expect to receive an advance copy by email next week.

 

Best regards,

 

 

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European Commission

 

DG Energy

DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [2][email address]

 

 

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

Please find attached the reply letter to your e-mail dated 25/02/2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 25/02/2020 under the above mentioned reference number.

According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for most of Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to follow this procedure until further notice.

We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [email address] .

Yours sincerely,

European Commission
DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [email address]