Contacts with the Energy Charter Secretariat & discussions about modernising the ECT

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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 the following documents:

1) a list of meetings of DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of the Energy Charter Secretariat (since January 2017);

2) minutes and other reports of these meetings;

3) all correspondence (including emails) between DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of the Energy Charter Secretariat (since January 2017);

4) a list of meetings between DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of EU member states and/ or other Commission departments, in which the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) was discussed (since January 2017);

5) minutes and other reports of these meetings.

I would appreciate if you could take the “Code of Good Administrative Behaviour” into account when considering parts 1) and 4) of this request.

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

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[5]Ares(2018)1844282 - Your access to documents request - EBERHARDT -
GESTDEM 2018/1964 - Contacts with the Energy Charter Secretariat &
discussions about modernising the ECT

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Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 05/04/2018.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
06/04/2018 under reference number GESTDEM 2018/1964. 

 

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
27/04/2018.

 

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

 

Yours faithfully,

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)

 

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European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG B.4 – Transparency

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Dear Ms EBERHARDT,

Your application for access to documents, registered under the above
mentioned reference number, is currently being handled.

However, we won't be in a position to complete the handling of your
application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on
27/04/2018.

An extended time limit is needed for thorough analysis as to the
availability of the document 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 25/05/2018.

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

 

Yours faithfully,

ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
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European Commission
DG ENER - Unit A.1
DM24 08/010
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 80503

 

 

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Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2018)2149380 concernant "Request for clarification in regards to your application for access to documents, Ref. GestDem N° 2018/1904" envoyé par M. GIRARD Olivier le 23/04/2018, Secretariat-General.

Please find attached document Ares(2018)2149380 regarding "Request for clarification in regards to your application for access to documents, Ref. GestDem N° 2018/1904" sent by Mr GIRARD Olivier on 23/04/2018, Secretariat-General.

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Dear Madams & Sirs,

on April 17 you extended the deadline for this respect to 27/04/2018.
This deadline has long passed without me having heard back from you.
Could you please update me on the status of this request? When do you think I can expect an answer?

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding: on 17 April, the deadline has
been extended to the 25^th of May (see below a copy of the email you
received).

 

The answer in preparation has to be approved by the hierarchy, before I
may send it to you.

 

You may expect an answer in a few days.

 

Best regards

 

 

Thierry LIBERT

 

European Commission – DG Energy

Unit ENER.A.1 - Energy Policy Coordination
ENER ACCESS DOCUMENTS

Phone: +32 2 29 80503
Email: [1][email address]

 

 

 

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

When I wrote the previous email below, an answer was in preparation,
explaining that no document had been found in relation with your request.

 

The good news is that a few documents have finally been found which could
be of interest for you.

 

The bad news is that we have to obtain the agreement from third parties
before sending these documents to you. The request has been launched.

 

Apologies for the delay. I'll give you a feedback as soon as we have an
answer.

 

Best regards

 

 

Thierry LIBERT

 

European Commission – DG Energy

Unit ENER.A.1 - Energy Policy Coordination
ENER ACCESS DOCUMENTS

Phone: +32 2 29 80503
Email: [1][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

From: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 5:44 PM
To: '[FOI #5353 email]'
Cc: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: RE: Your request Gestdem 2018/1964 - Deadline: 25/05/2018 -
Contacts with the Energy Charter Secretariat & discussions about
modernising the ECT

 

Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding: on 17 April, the deadline has
been extended to the 25^th of May (see below a copy of the email you
received).

 

The answer in preparation has to be approved by the hierarchy, before I
may send it to you.

 

You may expect an answer in a few days.

 

Best regards

 

 

Thierry LIBERT

 

European Commission – DG Energy

Unit ENER.A.1 - Energy Policy Coordination
ENER ACCESS DOCUMENTS

Phone: +32 2 29 80503
Email: [2][email address]

 

 

 

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Dear Thierry LIBERT,

would you be so kind to let me know when you expect to be able to send me the documents?

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

Dear Ms Eberhardt

 

We received a  detailed answer to our third parties consultation on 5 July
2018.

 

Based on this, the Unit in charge of the handling of your request has
prepared a draft answer to your attention.

This answer is now in the workflow for approval by our ENER hierarchy.

 

As soon as the letter is approved and signed by our Director General,

you may be sure that I will immediately send you a pre-info scanned copy
of this letter with annexes.

 

Again sorry for this long period of handling

 

Best regards

 

 

Thierry LIBERT

 

European Commission – DG Energy

Unit ENER.A.1 - Energy Policy Coordination
ENER ACCESS DOCUMENTS

Phone: +32 2 29 80503
Email: [1][email address]

 

 

 

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Dear Thierry LIBERT,
dear Madams and Sirs,

two and a half months ago you wrote to me that the response to my request was about to be approved and sent. But I haven't heard anything since then - nor received any documents.

Could you please update me on the status of this request?

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

Dear Madams & Sirs,

I am still waiting for a response to my access to documents request GESTDEM 2018/1964, which I filed in April, so more than 8 months ago via asktheeu.org (https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/cont...).

Is it possible that the response got lost? And if so, could you please re-send it to me?

If you haven't sent it yet, could you please inform me about when I can expect a response?

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

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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Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
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aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
 
 
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Dear applicant,

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents, registered under reference GestDem 2018/1964, along with its attachments.

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 all 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]).

Best regards,

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