Correspondence with he Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Cyprus and Europa Venture Ltd
Dear Innovation & Networks Executive Agency,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting all correspondence, including emails, agendas, records of meetings, minutes of meetings, participants lists and any other reports of such meetings between officials/representatives of INEA and the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Cyprus and Europa Venture Ltd between 26 April 2017 and 26 January 2018.
Yours faithfully,
Myriam Douo
Friends of the Earth Europe
Mundo B Building
Rue D'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels,
Belgium
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he Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Cyprus and Europa
Venture Ltd-INEA 2018/24
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Dear Ms. Douo,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref INEA
2018/24
We refer to your e-mail dated 11/04/2018 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 16/04/2018 under the above mentioned
reference number.
You request access to all correspondence, including emails, agendas,
records of meetings, minutes of meetings, participants lists and any other
reports of such meetings between officials/representatives of INEA and
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Cyprus and Europa
Venture Ltd between 26 April 2017 and 26 January 2018.
Your application concerns the following documents :
· Email from INEA concerning Action 7.3.2-0026-CY-W-M-17 "Removing
internal bottlenecks to end isolation & allow transmission of NG from
Eastern Mediterranean (CyprusGas2EU)
· Transmission of the Grant Agreement - Action N°2016-EU-SA-0009
· Exchanges of emails for the preparation of the GA- Action
N°2016-EU-SA-0009
Having examined the documents requested under the provisions of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, INEA has come to
the conclusion that it may be partially disclosed. Some parts of the
document have been blanked out as their disclosure is prevented by
exceptions to the right of access laid down in Article 4 of this
Regulation. The documents requested contains personal data which have been
expunged. Disclosure of these parts is prevented by the provisions of
Article 4(1)(b) of this Regulation (protection of privacy and the
integrity of the individual of Regulation 1049/2001). The other parts of
the document that were redacted contain commercially sensitive business
information of the company that submitted the application. Disclosure of
these parts would harm the commercial interests and/or interests in the
field of intellectual property of the company or individuals protected by
the provisions of Article 4(2) first indent of the Regulation.
Furthermore, the disclosure of the attachment Draft GA_Action 7.3.2 -
CyprusGas2EU.docx is refused as (first draft version of annex 1 of the
Grant Agreement under preparation) we came to the conclusion that, as it
is a document was drawn up by an institution for internal use or received
by an institution, which relates to a matter where the decision has not
been taken by the institution, shall be refused if disclosure of the
document would seriously undermine the institution's decision-making
process, unless there is an overriding public interest in
disclosure(Article 4.3 Regulation 1049/2001). The public interest has not
been demonstrated, in our opinion.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, you are entitled
to make a confirmatory application requesting the Agency to review this
position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days
upon receipt of this email to the Director of INEA at the following
address:
INEA
Chaussée de Wavre 910
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email to: [email address]
Yours faithfully,
INEA Access to Documents Team